{"id":7145,"date":"2021-10-22T16:39:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T16:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=7145"},"modified":"2021-10-22T16:39:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T16:39:20","slug":"montserrat-air-quality-dips-again-to-moderate-levels-due-to-a-fresh-surge-in-saharan-dust-particles-and-emissions-from-the-volcano-in-la-palma-canary-islands-reaching-the-area-but-the-dust-dominates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=7145","title":{"rendered":"Montserrat Air Quality dips again to moderate levels due to a fresh surge in Saharan Dust particles and emissions from the volcano in La Palma, Canary Islands reaching the area, but the dust dominates!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>That&#8217;s according to a recently issued Air Quality Bulletin, by the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It states that the air quality is down to moderate levels as a result of particulate matters 2.5 and 10, associated primarily with a fresh surge in Saharan Dust and that there&#8217;s high confidence that emissions from the volcano in La Palma, Canary Islands are also reaching the area; however, but the Dust dominates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Meteorological Agency has cautioned that the threat of health problems will become elevated for mainly unusually sensitive people, such as asthmatics and could potentially cause them limited impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"871\" height=\"526\" src=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image.png 871w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-300x181.png 300w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-768x464.png 768w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-497x300.png 497w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Air quality index: 60 to 90<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Alert Level: II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Sensitive groups: People with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly and children are the groups most at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Health implications: Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants, there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Caution: Active children and adults, and people with respiratory diseases, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion, wear masks when outdoors and have their medications on hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Air Quality Bulletin: Dale Destin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo Credits: SkyTower<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s according to a recently issued Air Quality Bulletin, by the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services. It states that the air quality is down to moderate levels as a result of particulate matters 2.5 and 10, associated primarily with a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=7145\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001002,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7147,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145\/revisions\/7147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}