LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Central Arkansas has been placed under an Ozone Action Advisory, which is now classified as “Code Orange”.
Determined color codes are decided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Air Quality Index (AQI).
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment, Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) spotted emerging concentrations of the air ozone and later raised awareness of its potential health impact on physically active children and adults…