Air Quality Index

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is used for reporting daily air quality or is used to measure the air quality of how polluted the air currently is now or how polluted it is estimated to become in the future, and this index is named as this air quality index.

The measurement of the volume of pollutants in the air is known is known as the air quality and changes throughout each day.

Government agencies use the air quality index (AQI) to communicate to the public and to provide awareness of how polluted your air is and how it influences public health.

AQI has a direct relationship with public health risks when it rises health issues risk also rise up.

Different countries have their own air quality indices with respect to different national air quality criteria and these are the Air Quality Health Index(Canada), the Air Pollution Index (Malaysia), and the Pollutant Standards Index (Singapore) and Daily Air Quality Index (United Kingdom).

How does the AQI (Air Quality Index) work ?

The AQI is an index which tells you how clean or unhealthy the air is, or how polluted it is estimated to become in the future and what associated health effects might be of a concern.

It focuses on health issues you may experience within a few hours or days after breathing the unhealthy air, and it is calculated for four major air pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act:

  • Ground level ozone (it is a colorless and extremely irritating gas that forms just above the earth’s surface)
  • Particle pollution (It is mixture of solid and liquid droplets that is suspended in the air)
  • Carbon monoxide (It is an odorless, colorless gas and it is formed when the carbon in fuels does not completely burn)
  • Sulfur dioxide (It is a colorless, reactive gas and it is produced when sulfur-containing fuels such as oil and coal are burned)
  • Who are at-risk? Children including teenagers, older adults and people with lung diseases such as asthma and chronic bronchitis.

Air Quality Index or AQI

Air Quality Index

Climate Change and Air Quality or AQI

Climate change influences outdoor air pollutant concentrations in numerous ways.

The climate influences temperatures, humidity, cloudiness, the frequency and intensity of precipitation, and wind patterns, each of which in the return influence the air quality and poor air quality, whether outdoors or indoors, can negatively affect the human respiratory and cardiovascular systems.

The AQI can increase from a lack of dilution of air pollutants or due to an increase in air emissions.

Stagnant air often caused by a temperature inversion, anticyclone, or low wind speeds lets air pollution persist in a local area, leading to high concentrations of pollutants, chemical reactions between air contaminants and hazy conditions.

It has been expected that Current levels of ground-level ozone are responsible for tens of thousands of hospital and emergency room visits, millions of cases of serious respiratory symptoms and school absences, and thousands of premature deaths each year in the United States.

What do the AQI values mean?

The purpose of the AQI is to help you to understand how local air quality means to your health.

If the AQI values are at or below 100, this is generally thought of as satisfactory, but when AQI values are above 100, it means air quality is unhealthy.

The AQI is divided into six categories and each category showing a different level of concern and has a specific color for ease of people to quickly understand, whether air quality is reaching unhealthy levels.

It is divided into six levels of health concern:

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Why there is need to use an Air Purifiers?

The best way to improve indoor air quality according to the Environmental Protection Agency is to get rid of the source of pollutants.

Indoor air can be five times as polluted as outdoor air according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Breathing in polluted or unhealthy air increases the chances of asthma attacks so this can be a better option for those people with respiratory or cardiovascular problems because, air purifiers can refresh fusty air, reducing the chances of health issues caused by air pollution.

Levels of Concern, and Index Value Description of Air Quality
Good - 0 to 50 If value of index range from 0-50 it means air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution has little or no risk.
Moderate - 51 to 100 If value of index range from 51-100 then it means air quality is adequate. Though, those people who are sensitive to air pollution they may be at risk.
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups - 101 to 150 If value of index range from 101-150 then it indicates that members of sensitive groups might have chances to experience health issues but the general public is less expected to be affected.
Unhealthy - 151 to 200 If value of index range from 151-200 then it indicates that members of sensitive groups may get more serious health issues or effect while in general public some members may experience health effects.
Very Unhealthy - 201 to 300 If value of index range from 201-300 then it indicates the health alert because the risk of health effects is increased for everyone.
Hazardous - 301 and higher If value of index range is 301 or higher than 301 then it indicates health warning of emergency condition it means everyone has more chances to be affected.

Conclusion

Air quality degrades each day because of the effects of climate change and air pollution.

These effects can be measured using an air quality index to measure the air quality of how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is estimated to become in future.

Ventilate your interior spaces with clean outdoor air using air purifiers such as the AirTower Air Purifier that can reduce airborne pollutants.

These can help improve the air quality and benefit the whole family,  But they are especially effective for members of sensitive groups such as children or those with respiratory or cardiovascular problems.

Air purifiers or AirTowers remove several types of indoor air pollutants and help keep the air healthy.

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  • Reduces risk of spreading airborne illness
  • Reduces allergens, dust, dander and smoke
  • Reduction of smoke, VOC’s, allergens, dust, and particulates such as pet dander
  • Cleansing agents are capable of decomposing organic pollutants and compounds like formaldehyde and any undesirable odor molecules without a HEPA filter.
  • Reduces odours from cooking, pets and more
  • Used in government buildings, hotels, hospitals, schools and homes worldwide.
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