#MEwx Air Quality Alert remains in effect

Air Quality Alert Statement as of 10:44 PM EDT on May 2, 2018

Air quality alert is in effect from 11 am Thursday until 11 PM Thursday.

The Maine department of environmental protection has issued an

air quality action day for the following counties...

Androscoggin... coastal Cumberland... coastal York... interior

Cumberland... interior York... Kennebec... Sagadahoc... southern Oxford.

The Maine department of environmental protection's Bureau of air

quality has issued an air quality alert... until 11 PM on

Thursday due to ozone... for the southwest corner of the state

and the high elevations of Acadia. Other areas of Maine will be

in the moderate range and northern Maine will be good.

The Maine department of environmental protection recommends that

individuals consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity

to reduce the risk of adverse health effects. People who may be

especially sensitive to the effects of elevated levels of

pollutants include the very Young, the elderly and those with pre-

existing respiratory problems such as asthma and or heart

disease. Those with symptoms should consider consulting their

personal physician.

A toll free air quality hotline has been established so Maine

residents can stay informed on the air quality situations. The

toll free number is: 1-800-223-1196.

Additionally the Maine department of environmental protection has

the air quality forecast available on the web at

www.Maine.Gov/dep Maine dot g o v slash d E p

click today's air quality forecast.

1044 PM EDT Wed may 2 2018