Ohio EPA issues air quality advisory due to Canadian wildfires smoke | Reporters Roundtable

Canadian wildfire smoke prompted an air quality advisory across Ohio yesterday, with Northeast Ohio reaching hazardous air quality levels.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency urged everyone, but especially those with heart or lung conditions, children, older adults and pregnant women, to stay indoors. The health effects of breathing in wildfire smoke may include asthma attack, chest pains, coughing, headaches, runny nose, stinging eyes, wheezing and shortness of breath.

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