Air Quality Advisory 10-22-08 for Pomona/Walnut Valley

 

For Immediate Release:                                                       

October 22, 2008

 

AIR QUALITY ADVISORY:
Air quality is unhealthy for sensitive individuals in the Pomona/Walnut Valley

 

LOS ANGELES - Due to the fire in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Fontana and Rancho Cucamonga, air quality is unhealthy for sensitive individuals in the Pomona/Walnut Valley in Los Angeles County, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD).

Los Angeles County Health Officer and Public Health Director, Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MPH, advises people living or working in the Pomona/Walnut Valley with heart disease, asthma or other respiratory disease to minimize outdoor activities. Schools 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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