PM10 FINE PARTICLE AIR POLLUTION
Orange level for 08/01/2022
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This Monday, August 1, 2022, the concentration of PM10 fine particles in the air should exceed 50 μg/m3 on average over 24 hours, a value corresponding to the information and recommendation threshold. Faced with this forecast and in accordance with the prefectural decree relating to the management of pollution episodes in the ambient air, the information and recommendation procedure is scheduled for tomorrow.
ZONES CONCERNED: Saint-Martin
NATURE OF POLLUTANT AND SOURCES:
The procedure concerns fine particles less than 10 micrometers in diameter (PM10).
This pollution is mainly linked to the passage of sand mists over the Guadeloupe archipelago, but also to human activity (combustion of fossil fuels, means of transport, industrial activities, etc.).
THRESHOLD REACHED:
The information and recommendation threshold corresponds to a level of the pollutant in the atmosphere beyond which short-term exposure presents a risk to the health of
particularly sensitive groups within the population and which makes it necessary to issue immediate and adequate information to these groups and recommendations
to reduce certain emissions.
PM10 FINE PARTICLE AIR POLLUTION
Orange level Saint-Martin
FORECASTS :
The risk of overshoot is low for the next 24 hours.
PM10 FINE PARTICLE AIR POLLUTION
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Sanitary recommendations:
For vulnerable populations: Pregnant women, infants and young children, people over 65, people suffering from cardiovascular pathologies, heart or respiratory failure, people with asthma.
For sensitive populations: People who recognize themselves as sensitive during pollution peaks and/or whose symptoms appear or are amplified during peaks (for example: people with diabetes, immunocompromised people, people suffering from neurological conditions or at risk
cardiac, respiratory, infectious.
➢ In the event of respiratory or cardiac discomfort, seek advice from a healthcare professional,
➢ Favor shorter outings and those that require the least effort,
➢ Seek advice from your doctor to find out if your medical treatment needs to be adapted if necessary.
➢ Limit travel on major highways and their surroundings, during peak periods,
➢ Limit intense physical and sports activities (including competitions), both outdoors and indoors,
➢ For the general population:
➢ There is no need to change your usual activities.
PM10 FINE PARTICLE AIR POLLUTION
Orange level Saint-Martin
In case of respiratory or cardiac discomfort, seek advice from a healthcare professional.
Generally :
➢ Find out about air quality in the region on the Gwad’Air website: www.gwadair.fr,
➢ Additional health recommendations are made available on the agency’s website
regional health authority of Guadeloupe: www.guadeloupe.ars.sante.fr
PM10 FINE PARTICLE AIR POLLUTION
Orange level Saint-Martin