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For Immediate Release:
September 16, 2008
AIR QUALITY ADVISORY:
Air quality is unhealthy for sensitive individuals in East San Gabriel
Valley and Santa Clarita Valley.
LOS ANGELES - According to the South Coast Air Quality Management
District, today's air quality is unhealthy for sensitive individuals in
the East San Gabriel Valley and Santa Clarita Valley.
Los Angeles County Health Officer and Public Health Director, Jonathan
E. Fielding, MD, MPH, advises people living or working in the East San
Gabriel Valley or Santa Clarita Valley with heart disease, asthma or
other respiratory disease to minimize outdoor activities. Schools that
are in session today that have children with sensitive conditions,
including heart disease, asthma, other chronic respiratory diseases,
should not participate in PE or outdoor physical activity and should
stay indoors as much as possible.
The Department of Public Health is committed to protecting and improving
the health of the nearly 10 million residents of Los Angeles County.
Through a variety of programs, community partnerships and services,
Public Health oversees environmental health, disease control, and
community and family health. Public Health comprises more than 4,000
employees and an annual budget exceeding $750 million. To learn more
about Public Health and the work we do, please visit
http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.
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