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[newmedman]

I did, lol even after quitting smoking I still left my windows open because it was a comfortable temperature outside but now it's getting hot . I Know asthma sufferers aren't taking any chances. I finally closed my windows . The pooch was sneezing.

[blackhawks]

Chicago’s air quality: ‘We’re in the crosshairs.’ Wildfires and wind push region’s air to worst in the world, global pollution index shows

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By Vivian La, Jenna Smith and Deanese Williams-Harris
Chicago Tribune

Jun 27, 2023 at 2:27 pm
https://www.chicagotribune.com/weather/ct-air-quality-alert-high-risk-swimming-20230627-kbv6oh3w4jcgjadfd37iwacbp4-story.html

Thick smoke from Canadian wildfires coated Chicago and the surrounding areas with haze as weather officials issued an air quality alert for parts of the Great Lakes, Lower Mississippi and Ohio valleys Tuesday morning.

According to the monitoring site IQAir, Chicago had the worst air quality out of 95 cities worldwide Tuesday.

Trent Ford, the Illinois state climatologist, said the worldwide index is essentially an average of the air quality monitors in a city. However, factors like time differences and the amount of monitors in a city make it difficult to use the index as a complete picture.

“But in general, to see cities like Chicago, which don’t, citywide, have this kind of perennial problem with air quality at the top of that list, just gives you an idea of how unusual the conditions are right now,” Ford said.