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Understanding Your Local Air Quality Index (AQI)

We all breathe the same air, but the quality of that air can vary dramatically depending on where you live. Understanding your local air quality is crucial for your health and well-being. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a number used by government agencies to communicate how clean or polluted the air is on a given day. It’s based on several pollutants, including ozone, particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. Each pollutant has a separate AQI value, and the overall AQI is the highest of those values.