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Due to poor air quality expected today, please work indoors and avoid using cars\/items with combustible engines (and those that create sparks) as much as possible.<\/p>\n
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory beginning Wednesday morning for several parts of the state due to elevated levels of ozone pollution, or smog. DEQ expects the air quality advisory to last until 10 p.m. tonight (Thursday<\/strong>).<\/p>\n DEQ expects ozone pollution to reach levels that could be unhealthy for sensitive groups, including children, pregnant people, older adults and people with heart or respiratory conditions. Health officials recommend sensitive groups limit outdoor activity when pollution levels are high.<\/p>\n Ozone forms when hot temperatures and low winds combine with pollution from cars, gas-powered engines and chemicals in paints and aerosols. These air pollutants react with sunlight and heat to produce ozone and haze.<\/p>\n Ozone pollution increases throughout the day with exposure to sunlight, so pollution levels tend to be highest during afternoons and early evenings. Air quality monitors may show good air quality in the morning, then quickly jump to unhealthy levels later in the day.<\/p>\n If you have any questions, call Teresa Arnold at 503-554-2724.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Due to poor air quality expected today, please work indoors and avoid using cars\/items with combustible engines (and those that create sparks) as much as possible. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory beginning Wednesday morning for several parts of the state due to elevated levels of ozone pollution, or smog. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,38,23,30,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newberg-employee","category-newberg-graduate-student","category-newberg-student","category-portland-employee","category-portland-student"],"yoast_head":"\n