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...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY JULY 25...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air
Quality Advisory across northern lower Michigan for Friday July 25,
for elevated levels of fine particulates (PM2.5). Pollutants are
expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range.

The alert is in effect for the following Michigan Counties,

Roscommon, Charlevoix, Missaukee, Beaver Island and surrounding
islands, Wexford, Manistee, Emmet, Iosco, Ogemaw, Presque Isle,
Cheboygan, Alcona, Montmorency, Otsego, Antrim, Leelanau, Arenac,
Kalkaska, Grand Traverse, Benzie, Alpena, Oscoda, Crawford, and
Gladwin.

It is recommended that, when possible, you avoid strenuous outdoor
activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory
diseases such as asthma.

Monitor for symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, chest tightness,
dizziness, or burning in nose, throat, and eyes. Reduce or eliminate
activities that contribute to air pollution, such as outdoor
burning, and use of residential wood burning devices.

Keep windows closed overnight to prevent smoke from getting indoors
and, if possible, run central air conditioning with MERV-13 or
higher rated filters.

For further information, please see EPA's Air Now site for up-to-
date air quality data at https://www.airnow.gov

For further health information, please see MDHHS' Wildfire Smoke and
Your Health site at https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-
prev/environmental-health/your-health-and-wildfire-smoke.