smog warning
at 11:52 PM EST Wednesday 11 November 2009.
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Smog warning issued for the following regions:
=new= Metro Montreal - Laval
=new= Vaudreuil - Soulanges - Huntingdon
=new= Richelieu valley - Saint-Hyacinthe
=new= Lachute - Saint-Jerome
=new= Lanaudiere.
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Through Friday morning
The weather conditions will be favorable to a deterioration in air
quality.
Everyone can help improve air quality with simple gestures, like
restricting the use of wood stoves and fireplaces and favoring public
transportation or car pooling.
Smog affects mostly Young asthmatic children and people with
respiratory or heart conditions. These people should therefore reduce
their level of outdoor physical activity until the smog warning is
cancelled.
For more information :
Wood heating is responsible for near 61 % of particles contributing
to smog. This activity is generating the heaviest amount of these
particles, and then the Industrial activities with 22 %, car driving
with 14 % and various other sources with 3 %.
This warning is issued jointly by Environment Canada, the ministere
du developpement durable, de l environnement et des parcs, the
ministere de la sante et des services sociaux, the direction de sante
publique de l agence de la sante et des services sociaux de Montreal
and the city of Montreal.
To find out more about the smog warning, visit Environment Canada S
web site at www.Qc.Ec.Gc.CA/atmos/smog.
To find out more about the air quality index for the city of
Montreal, visit the city S web site at www.Rsqa.Qc.CA.
To find out more about the air quality index elsewhere in Quebec,
visit the ministere du developpement durable, de l environnement
et des parc S web site at www.Mddep.Gouv.Qc.CA/air/iqa.
To find out more about the effects of smog on your health,
visit the direction de sante publique de l agence de la sante
et des services sociaux de Montreal S web site at
www.Santepub-mtl.Qc.CA/environment/smog
or the web site of the ministere de la sante et des services
sociaux at http://www.Msss.Gouv.Qc.CA/environnement.
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