Officials in New York City canceled all outdoor activities at public schools in the city and issued a health advisory.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow trackerThis is considered “very unhealthy”—one notch below the most severe “hazardous” category—andan Air Quality Health Advisory for New York City and surrounding regions that will remain in effect till 11.59 pm E.T. on Wednesday.
The advisory cites the New York State Department of Health and urges people to “consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity” to avoid adverse health outcomes.Tangent According to the EPA’s AirNow tracker, people with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens are advised to avoid all physical activities outdoors when the air quality is “unhealthy.” Other people are asked to “avoid strenuous outdoor activities” and keep any outdoor activities short.The drop in air quality over the northeastern region has been caused by a series of forest fires in the Canadian province of Quebec.
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