Headline : Canadian wildfire smoke has given New York the worst air quality of any major city

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New York City is shrouded in a smoky, apocalyptic haze, which will persist all day today (June 7).

Hundreds of wildfires in Canada have drastically worsened air quality across the northeastern US. The Big Apple’s skies have been polluted with particular matter—both particles that are visible to the eye, like dust and soot, as well as microscopic PM2.5 particles that can travel deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream.

Late yesterday (June 6), Mayor Eric Adams said in a news release that, by 10 pm, air quality in parts of the city had become “very unhealthy,” rising to 218 on the air quality index. The official warning for hazardous levels of “fine particulate matter” will last all day today (June 7), according to the joint air quality health advisory issued by the city’s environmental conservation and health departments. Long Island as well as central and western regions of New York state are affected too.

Residents are being discouraged from going outdoors. Schools in the metro are open, but they’re cancelling all outdoor activities. The New York Road Runners, the organization behind the New York City Marathon, suggested runners “consider running another day” instead of on Global Running Day today.

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