These mandates inspired similar regional efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area (Bay Area). Since 2008, the regional air district for the San Francisco Air Basin, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), has been identifying communities that are adversely impacted by air pollution....
Disproportionate Impacts of Air Pollution in the Bay Area Han Remis The San Francisco Bay Area is home to many of the most diverse communities in the U.S. Nine counties border the shores of Suisun, San Pablo and San Francisco Bays
trapping smoke at ground level, according toBAAQMDofficials. The alert noted there is also a chance that offshore winds will transport air pollution from the Central Valley into the Bay Area.
A Spare the Air alert has been issued for Friday, banning wood burning in the Bay Area because of a forecast for unhealthy pollution levels, regional air quality officials said.
air pollution rates were recoded as being between 23 and 31 times higher than international standards. Levels of the microscopic PM2.5 particulate matter rose above 600 micrograms per cubic metre, and for the surrounding area, the figure was even higher at 700 µg/m³. In the Putuo ...
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is a public agency that regulates the stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties of California's San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and sout...
Monday morning, lingering wildfire smoke was expected to cause hazy and smoky skies but pollution levels weren't forecast to exceed federal health standards and no Spare the Air Alert was in effect, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Monday's air quality is ex...
the Bay Area, the data from those stations does not reflect pollutant concentrations in every neighborhood. In addition, exposure to pollution varies from place to place and some communities near large industrial facilities bear a disproportionate burden from emissions or other forms of air pollution....
SEATTLE (AP) — Smoke pollution from wildfires raging in California and across the Pacific Northwest worsened in San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Oregon, on Friday, giving those cities and others in the the region some of the world’s worst air quali
The agency said people should exercise outdoors only in the early morning hours when ozone concentrations are lower. Spare the Air Alerts are issued when ozone pollution is forecast to reach unhealthy levels. Ozone can cause throat irritation, congestion and chest pain. It can trigger asthma, ...