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Vanderhoof Under Air Quality Advisory

By 250 News

Wednesday, December 01, 2010 04:31 PM

Vanderhoof, B.C. -The Ministry of Environment,  in collaboration with the Northern Health Authority, has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Vanderhoof due to high concentrations of fine particulate matter from illegal open burning in the community. 

This advisory is in effect until further notice.  

The provincial air quality objective for fine particles, PM2.5, is 25 micrograms per cubic metre, averaged over 24 hours. The 24 hour PM2.5 rolling average was 37 µg/m3 at Vanderhoof at 3 p.m. this afternoon.


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Comments

Comment Posted by: gus on December 1 2010 10:14 PM
I did not realized Vanderhoof had an air quality monitoring station.
Comment Posted by: rvuser on December 2 2010 11:54 AM
Maybe the air quality monitoring station is on top of the behive burner at Canfor. Air quality today is crystal clear. A little foggy yesterday but I don't believe there is a need for an air quality advisory.