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# | station | US AQI⁺ |
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1 | Hartford-Huntley | 20 |
2 | Story and Soil Capitol Ave Hartford | 16 |
3 | Weatogue | 11 |
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For reference when checking the current air quality readings on the pollution map for Hartford, some examples will be used at the start of this article. As mentioned, these are purely for points of reference and are using readings taken from the air pollution map towards the end of the year 2022. Air quality map readings, shown in the form of US AQI readings that can be seen above, can vary greatly throughout the year. Although the air quality in cities such as Hartford and many others throughout the United States have significantly cleaner air than other cities around the world that are undergoing rapid development, bad spells can and will occur. Consistently checking the air quality readings on the map above can be of great aid for citizens in Hartford, with certain groups benefiting more from such information (the groups that benefit more will be discussed further in the article.
Examples of US AQI readings seen in October of 2022 include figures of 8, 13 and a high of 38. These all fell within the 'good' air quality rating bracket, and are color-coded green when shown on the map. As pollution levels rise higher, the colors change with them, with yellow, orange, red and purple indicating moderate through to 'unhealthy' air quality ratings, with each rating having its level of danger when people breath the air in such locations. Air quality readings can shoot up when events such as fires occur, which will also show up on the map above. Whilst the air quality readings were exceptionally clean in Hartford, the rest of the article will discuss pollution-related issues that can occur when there are more salient spikes in dangerous particle or gas levels.
Whilst all of the population will benefit in many ways by checking the air pollution map and city pages for Hartford, certain groups may be more vulnerable or at risk. These people may need to go to greater lengths to ensure that air pollution does not cause further harm. This includes groups such as young children and babies, along with the elderly, all of whom are susceptible to the negative changes brought about on a physiological level by air pollution exposure. Other groups include pregnant women, those with pre-existing health conditions, as well as those with ailing or compromised immune systems.
Air pollution maps in Hartford can help to drastically reduce any health conditions that are both caused, or may be aggravated by exposure to higher quantities of smoke, haze and other hazardous clouds of fine particulate matter, all of which will show up in the form of higher US AQI readings on the air quality map for Hartford.
In regards to health conditions, some can be caused by direct exposure to chemical compounds in the air, as well as particle-based pollution, whilst in the case of aggravation, people with potential pre-existing conditions (some of which may be life-long ones that they suffer from, with asthma being a prime example) will have these health issues made significantly worse. The US AQI readings present throughout the whole of Hartford as shown on the air quality maps can show you exactly where the spikes in pollution are occurring because this is the main benefit that air quality map pages have over regular city pages. Whilst this has been touched on briefly in the rest of the article, it is important to reiterate that when air quality maps are referred to, they have a distinct advantage of not just showing the air quality average reading, in the form of US AQI as well as PM2.5 concentrations. City pages may help you to get a better understanding of when a city has a high average, but air quality map pages will show you exactly where the air pollution occurs, along with numerous other benefits that can help to reduce health conditions amongst the citizens, both new and pre-existing, in Hartford. Additional information regarding these benefits will be covered in further detail in other questions throughout the article.
Regarding the health issues that air pollution maps and air quality maps can help to both prevent or reduce, they include ones that predominantly affect both the pulmonary and cardiac systems, both of which are more severely affected by continuously breathing polluted air, especially during sudden spikes which can occur at many different times throughout the year. Pulmonary conditions are more well known as primary illnesses caused by air pollution exposure, with dry coughs, irritation to the upper and lower respiratory tract (which in some cases can lead to infections of the throat as well as the chest, which can hold grave consequences for those in poor health or even the elderly), along with aggravating the exposed mucous membranes, which includes the mouth, eyes and ears. When the pollution readings are high on the air quality maps in Hartford, there will be a tendency for the general population to start experiencing a higher rate of these adverse effects, with hospital admissions going up significantly, along with other issues that can affect society as a whole such as premature deaths being directly related to high pollution levels, along with babies being born prematurely or with low birth weight, along with a higher potential for miscarriage.
When referring to the air quality maps for Hartford, the US AQI reading is displayed across the numerous air monitoring stations in use across the city. Whilst the air pollution map pages have the aforementioned bonus of having direct access to exactly which areas of the city are pollution hotspots, as well as having a constant update coming through to these air quality maps, they do not show the pollution concentration levels that are seen on the regular city page for Hartford. However, this does not mean that one cannot get a clearer picture of the types of pollutants, whether they are chemical compounds in the form of gasses or a variety of ultrafine particles. The US AQI reading itself is an aggregate of the various main pollutants found in the air throughout Hartford, with some of these pollutants being sub-categories under which a multitude of different materials can fall, depending on their size (with smaller particles being of considerably more danger than other ones).
For some added insight into the pollutants that one may be exposed to when referring to the air quality maps in Hartford, the main ones used to calculate the US AQI figure are ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and the two categories of particle pollution. PM2.5 and PM10. When the US AQI level is shown to be high on the air quality map at any given area throughout Hartford, then typically there will be a higher concentration of these pollutants in the atmosphere. Air quality maps display the US AQI reading because it encompasses the main pollutants in the air, and whilst there are many, many others, these are the main ones that people are exposed to when the readings on the air pollution maps are high in any given area throughout Hartford.