Beaumont Texas air quality down graded. ( byo gas mask )
OZONE __Ground Level Ozone Can Affect Your Health
Ozone the main ingredient of smog, presents a serious air quality problem in Beaumont Texas / Jeffersom County.
Even at low levels, Ozone can cause respiratory problems.
Ozone can.
1. Irritate your respiratory system.
2. Reduce lung function.
3. Aggravate asthma.
4. Inflame and damage cells that line your lungs.
5. Aggravate chronic lung disease.
6. Cause permanent lung damage.
People At Risk From Ground Level Ozone
1. Active children are the groups at the highest risk from Ozone exposure because they spend more time outdoors.
2. Active adults of all ages who exercise and work vigorously.
3. People with asthma or other respiratory diseases.
4. People with unuaual susceptibility to Ozone. Scientists don't know why but some people experience adverse health effects to Ozone than the average person.
As concentractions of Ground Level Ozone increase more people experence health effects, more people are admitted to the hospital for respiratory problems.
Warning, when Ozone levels are high in Jefferson County/Beaumont Texas, everyone should be concerned about Ozone Exposure.
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Air Pollution - Beaumont Texas/Jefferson County
Hazardous Air Pollutants, also known as toxic air pollutants or air toxics, are those pollutants that cause or may cause cancer or serious health effects such as reproductive effects or birth effects, or adverse environmental and ecological effects.
Beaumont Texas / Jefferson County
Nitrogen Oxides and Volatile Organic Compound Emissions
NOX---300 tons per day
VOC---340 tons per day
Sources. Major industrial sources petroleum storage and petrochemical facilities, major manufacturing plants, pipelines, power plants, etc.
As per the TEC.
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