EnviroBytes, a Summary of Issues and Events for Week Ending May 29, 2009
EPA MID-ATLANTIC REGION PARTICIPATES IN ASTHMA OUTREACH IN MARYLAND
The Fredrick Memorial Healthcare System Annual Asthma Awareness Day took place on May 27 in Frederick, Md. to educate the local community and participants about the latest advances in asthma management and control. EPA asthma initiative coordinators were invited and took this opportunity to distribute materials on the factors that trigger asthma, asthma management care, and the contributing factor of environmental tobacco smoke to the affliction. For information on EPA's asthma initiative, go to http://www.epa.gov/reg3artd/asthma/marai.htm
KEEP TRACK OF OZONE LEVELS THROUGH EPA WEBSITE
As warmer weather approaches, sunlight and hot temperatures react to form air pollution as volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides in the air combine to form ground-level ozone. To protect yourselves from over-exposure to high levels of ozone pollution (especially asthmatics and other vulnerable populations) and to keep abreast of changes in air quality conditions, please access the Air Quality Forecasts (AQF) and the Air Quality Index (AQI) at (http://airnow.gov/)