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Air Quality Index

The AQI is an index for reporting daily air quality. It tells you how clean or polluted your air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for you. The AQI focuses on health effects you may experience within a few hours or days after breathing polluted air.

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Air Facilities

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Cleaning Your Air: Reducing Diesel Pollution

Project: Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association (MARAMA) Tug Repower Project
Repower one tug with new engine certified to current emission standards
Clean Diesel Strategy Technology: Engine Replacement / Repower

That's like eliminating exhaust from
19
older diesel trucks each year

Project: Virginia Clean Cities (Hampton Roads)
Retrofit with 35 transit buses with diesel particulate filters (DPFs) and/or diesel oxidation catalysts plus closed crankcase ventilation; retrofit one refuse hauler, replace four school buses, and replace of 24 refuse haulers.
Clean Diesel Strategy Technology: Emissions Control Devices, Engine Replacement / Repower

That's like eliminating exhaust from
5
older diesel trucks each year

Project: Virginia Port Authority Dredging Repower Project
Repower two main engines of one dredge vessel
Clean Diesel Strategy Technology: Engine Replacement / Repower

That's like eliminating exhaust from
43
older diesel trucks each year

Radon

Exposure to radon in the home is responsible for an estimated 20,000 lung cancer deaths each year. Radon is a health hazard with a simple solution. Read "A Citizen's Guide to Radon".
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Ultraviolet (UV) Index

The ozone layer shields the Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Ozone depletion, as well as seasonal and weather variations, cause different amounts of UV radiation to reach the Earth at any given time.

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In Eddie's Story, the winner of EPA's 2008 "Test, Fix, Save a Life" video contest, lung cancer survivor Eddie Metcalfe shares his personal story - a powerful call to action for every American home to be tested for radon. Watch Eddie's Story, share it with your friends, and please have your home tested.

"Eddie�s Story" by Benjamin Schultz and Michael Gentilini.
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