The Air Quality Partnership of Lehigh Valley-Berks is a public/private coalition of volunteers dedicated to improving air quality in Lehigh, Northampton, and Berks Counties.
Together we can :
- Increase the public's understanding on the impact of air pollution and provide education through local schools, businesses and direct communications with partners
- Encourage voluntary actions to reduce air pollution emissions
- Provide forecasts and alerts for days with high air pollution, called “Action Days”
- Provide health effects information and guidelines to prevent or reduce exposure
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CNN: Air pollution may increase stroke, heart attack risk
February 15, 2012
"A brief uptick in traffic-related air pollution may be enough to increase a person's short-term risk of stroke, new research suggests. An analysis of 10 years of data from a... Read More
380,000 of Us Can Walk To a LANTA Stop, and Steve Schmitt Wants to Help Us Do It
January 10, 2012
Yesterday, Jon Geeting noted that the parking analysis done in conjunction with Allentown's arena project found that 380,000 people live within walking distance of a LANTA bus... Read More
The Air Quality Partnership in The Morning Call's 2012 Feature
December 28, 2011
Outreach Director Christopher Cocca is being featured with other local voices in The Morning Call this week. His piece about the year in air quality and action for 2012 ran... Read More
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The Environmental Protection Agency created this color-coded Air Quality Index chart to make it easy for everyone to understand when air pollution is reaching unhealthy levels in their communities. For example, the color orange means that conditions are "unhealthy for sensitive groups," while red means that conditions may be "unhealthy for everyone," and so on.
Click HERE for a full explanation.