Many Great Lakes states are having unusually low numbers of ozone warning days this summer. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Jonathan Ahl reports experts say the weather should receive the credit:
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Many Great Lakes States are having unusually low numbers of ozone
warning days this summer. (IL, MN, IN, OH all zero, Michigan has had two)
The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Jonathan Ahl reports experts say the
weather should receive the credit.
Summer is typically the peak time for ozone. High temperatures
several days in a row combining with pollutants in the air create more smog.
That can lead to health problems, especially in children and the elderly.
Mike Koerber is the technical director of the Lake Michigan Air
Directors Consortium. He says weather is the main factor in the lower
Numbers.
“There have been some state ozone control programs
that we have benefited from. But certainly the weather, the below normal
temperatures, the lack of 90 degree days plays a major factor.”
Koerber says if this trend continues, this year may have the lowest number
of warning days in the Great Lakes area since states began keeping track of
ozone levels. For the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, I’m Jonathan Ahl in
Peoria, Illinois.