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	Podcast:		WNPR
	Episode:		High Temperatures Bring Air Quality Alerts To Connecticut
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:01:21
	Publish Date:		2021-07-12 13:38:26
	Description:		Connecticut has experienced several air quality alerts in the past few weeks as summer heats up, and more could be on the way as the hot weather continues. "The lung association and most organizations kind of track two pollutants in the air, and the one that we pay a lot of attention to right now is ozone,” said Ruth Canovi, director of advocacy for the American Lung Association in Connecticut. Canovi says ozone pollution is created during hot summer days. With temperatures rising, Canovi and the Association are trying to draw attention to the impacts. "Research has shown that the groups that are at the greatest risk for poor health outcome from ozone pollution in particular in these levels are children and anyone age 65 and older, people with existing lung disease such as asthma or COPD, and also people who work or exercise outdoors," she said. Canovi suggests that people can remain safe and healthy in the short term by staying indoors when there's an air quality alert, and in the
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