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image of a person happy-crying with the text: me when my city’s AQI is “unhealthy” and not “dangerous”
on the bottom is a screenshot of a weather app showing AQI of 110 and labeled unhealthy
How are people living like that daily? How do they all swim in that crazy polluted river? How are billions of them over there not getting crazy amounts of cancer?
on that topic - where does the O³ come from?
a fellow breezy weather user!
you can tap on it to read more about it.
Ground-level ozone (O3) is a major component of smog. Although the same molecule, ground-level ozone can be harmful to human health, unlike stratospheric ozone that protects the earth from excess UV radiation. It is formed from photochemical reactions with pollutants such volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides (NO,) emitted from vehicles, and industry. Due to the photochemical nature, the highest levels of ozone are seen during periods of sunny weather. Exposure to excessive ozone can cause problems breathing, trigger asthma, reduce lung function and lead to lung disease.
Is that screenshot from the main app or a widget? Because my app looks bright even in dark mode.
I think the O3 ozone is a byproduct of combustion at high temperatures and not ideal combustion ratios. But I don’t know a whole lot about it.
Ozone if formed usually when UV rays hit Oxygen(O2), and if forms protective ozone layer high up in atmosphere. But ground level ozone like this are formed from other pollutants in the presence of sunlight. That is factory and vehicle’s pollutants react on sunlight and creates ozone which is harmful
Hell yeah, the high winds which have me in a red flag wildfire warning have temporarily lowered the AQI to 18. It’s normally like 60 and if that wildfire happens it will spike to 150-250 for several weeks.
Oxygen masks are going to be a great business in the near future, maybe it would be a good idea to invest in stocks 🤔
follow what rich people are buying and you’ll never be disappointed.
