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However, southwestern Ontario was not immune from wildfire smoke. When the wind came from the northeast, smoke funnelled into the area from the Outaouais fires. This caused a few extremely poor air quality days, including June 28, when Toronto topped the worldwide charts for worst air quality. [34]
Smoke from the fires caused air quality in Ottawa, Toronto, [98] as well as most of Southern Ontario on June 5–7 to hit the highest level on Environment Canada's Air Quality Health Index, the worst in the province of Ontario. [99] [100] Air quality also hit the highest level in Kingston and Belleville, Ontario. [101]
Air quality is forecasted to reach 'Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups' AQI levels on Wednesday in Central New York and Eastern Lake Ontario regions. — New York State Dept. of Environmental ...
In 2006 the government of Ontario announced that "5,000 premature deaths caused by smog in the province every year can be attributed to air pollution that crosses the Canada-U.S. border." [ 13 ] Additionally, the then (2006) mayor of Halifax, Peter Kelley, also proclaimed "over 50 per cent of air pollutants over New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ...
It found asthma-associated ER visits jumped 82% statewide on the worst air quality day, June 7. The study also said that the central part of New York state saw the highest increases in ER visits ...
The Big Apple is suffering record levels of air pollution as wildfire smoke blowing in from Canada shuts down airports and cancels Wednesday’s MLB game between the Yankees and the White Sox
Chemical Valley adjoining Rainbow Park. Sarnia's "Chemical Valley" and the surrounding area are home to 62 chemical facilities and refineries.A 2007 Ecojustice Canada report showed that industrial facilities located within 25km of Sarnia, Ontario emitted more than 131,000 tonnes of air pollution in 2005.
The air quality spiked to very unhealthy levels across the Northeast on Wednesday morning as wildfire smoke from Canada poured into the region. On Wednesday morning, the famous New York City ...