The air quality in Southern Pennsylvania can be very detrimental to your health. Poor air quality also increases your risk of contracting COVID, as well as, increasing the severity of the disease.
Air Quality for Southeastern Pennsylvania
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bookmark_borderOzone Alert 2018
Ozone air quality alerts plague the Philadelphia Region. One of the leading causes of bad air quality is Ground Level Ozone.
Low level ozone (tropospheric ozone) is highly volatile and is created in large part due to vehicle emissions. “Ground level ozone is a serious problem in cities with lots of traffic, such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Houston and New York City. In 2013, according to the American Lung Association, nearly four in 10 people in the United States (38 percent) lived in areas with unhealthful levels of ozone.” The use of ethanol in gasoline is causing a dramatic increase in low level ozone.
The harmful ozone is created when partially combusted fuel reacts with the temperature and ultraviolet light. May 2 is early in the season for an ozone alert.
View the current air quality for Philadelphia.
NOTE: Graphics are from the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America)
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affects an estimated 16.4 million adults and 7.0 million children in the United States, regardless of age, sex, race, or ethnicity.(1) Although the exact cause of asthma is unknown and it cannot be cured, bad air quality is believed to be the main cause. In particular, low level ozone is causing an increase in asthma-like symptoms.(2) What many people believe are food allergies are just symptoms of respiratory and immune system damage caused by ozone.
Death By Ozone | The Ozone Know Zone
Ozone is not only killing humans, it is also killing the trees. The chain reaction is known as an adverse feedback loop.
Dying Trees, The Membrane Domain
bookmark_borderThe Squares Of Philadelphia
Southwest (Rittenhouse) Square, Southeast (Washington) Square, Northwest Square (Logan Circle), Northeast (Franklin) Square and Centre Square (City Hall) all offer something free to do in Philly.
Originally planned by William Penn when he laid out the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1682, the Squares of Philadelphia are five open-space public parks.
Rittenhouse Square in Center City Philadelphia is an example of one of the city’s squares. The public park is a great place to stroll, eat lunch or listen to street performers play music. On a regular basis, the Square hosts festivals and markets.
Rittenhouse Square Map of Philadelphia
Franklin Square is another of the five original squares. It is located in the Center City area, between North 6th and 7th Streets, and between Race Street and the Vine Street Expressway (I-676). Local legend maintains that Franklin Square is where Benjamin Franklin conducted his “kite and key” electricity experiment in 1752.
More free and low cost things to do in the Philadelphia Area:
- Valley Forge Park
- Love Park
- Benjamin Franklin and the Kite Experiment
- The Liberty Bell and Independence Hall
- The Betsy Ross House
- Suburban Station and the Philadelphia International Airport
- Self-guided Tour of Historic Philadelphia Homes
- Retrace Rocky’s Footsteps, Center City, Philadelphia
- Hike The Appalachian Trail
- The Schuylkill Nature Preserve, Springfield Township, Montgomery County