Code Orange air quality today in Hampton Roads

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By Cindy Clayton
The Virginian-Pilot
© August 31, 2010

An air quality alert has been issued for Hampton Roads today with high temperatures expected to reach the mid-90s.

The Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Code Orange air quality alert because of ground-level ozone pollution.

Older adults and young children as well as people with lung disease or heart ailments are advised to limit outdoor activity, according to the agency.

Ground-level ozone, the main ingredient in smog, is a colorless gas that forms when sunlight combines with vehicle exhaust, gasoline fumes, solvent vapors and industrial emissions, according to the agency.

For more information on air quality and ozone, visit the DEQ website.

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Submitted by Mr. Wizard on Tue, 08/31/2010 at 9:35 am.

"Ground-level ozone, the main ingredient in smog, is a colorless gas that forms when sunlight combines with vehicle exhaust, gasoline fumes, solvent vapors and industrial emissions"

There is a yellow-orange haze hugging the Chesapeake Bay today.

I can only imagine what it's doing to my lungs.

The cold front will clear it out by the weekend.

Get ready for more days like today.