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Iowans Urged to “Be Air Aware” This Week

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Monday, April 27, 2009   

Des Moines, IA – This is Air Quality Awareness Week, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Weather Service and environmental groups urging Iowans to become "Air Aware." Amy Broadmoore, air quality program director with the non-profit Iowa Environmental Council, says her organization recently brought together a range of air quality experts from across the state, including professors and government employees, to identify Iowa's primary air quality concerns.

"This group agreed that the main air quality concerns here are greenhouse gas emissions; ammonia pollution – Iowa has some of the highest atmospheric ammonia concentrations in the country - along with emissions from livestock facilities; and fine particulate matter pollution – several areas in eastern Iowa have fine particulate matter concentrations right now that are near to or exceeding the Clean Air Act's fine particulate matter standard."

Broadmoore says there are steps Iowans can take to reduce pollution and protect the state's air quality.

"One: improving energy efficiency; Iowans have been increasing their energy use at a rate that far outpaces other people in the Midwest and the United States as a whole. Two: reducing fine particulate matter emissions from industrial sources and getting rid of old Diesel engines. And three: reducing emissions of air pollutants from agriculture, by improving manure management and by using nitrogen fertilizer more judiciously."

Broadmoore says Air Quality Awareness Week is an opportunity to educate residents about what can and should be done to protect Iowa's air quality. The week of April 27th was selected so that the observance would coincide with the 2009 ozone forecasting season.

More information is at www.iaenvironment.org


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