| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
State-of-the-Art camera lets you 'see' invisible pollution Ground-level ozone is mostly a summer time pollutant Click on headline for story with video By John Mura and Lanny Brannock News from the KY Division of Air Quality FRANKFORT, KY (Tue 8 May 2018) - You can't see them with the naked eye, but volatile organic compounds, known as VOCs, might be present in everyday items or tasks you might be doing like filling your gas tank, painting, mowing your yard or putting burgers on the grill. Those VOCs, when mixed with nitrogen oxide and sunshine, create ground-level ozone. And while we need ozone in our upper atmosphere to protect us from the sun's harmful rays, down on the ground, it's a human health hazard. "In Kentucky, ground-level ozone is mostly a summertime pollutant," said Roberta Burnes, Policy Analyst III at the Kentucky Division of Air Quality (DAQ). "It's created by chemical reactions mainly between VOCs and nitrogen oxides on hot, sunny days." To cut down on harmful VOCs, the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet's Division for Air Quality recommends that you complete some everyday tasks such as painting, lawn mowing and grilling during the cooler times of the day during the summer months. In a dramatic demonstration, the DAQ has used its Forward Looking Infrared Camera - or FLIR (pronounced "fleer") - to show these invisible VOCs that are released by spray paint, paint thinners, gasoline and other items. The video below also explains why VOCs are harmful to our health. "It is easy for each of us to help make a difference," said Burnes. "Refuel your car after 6pm, mow as late in the day as possible, look for low VOC paints and replace the caps to paint thinners as soon as you can." This story was posted on 2018-05-09 02:34:37
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic News:
On National Teachers Day: respect and hopes for pay equity Election 2018, Primary Sample Ballots for CM-7 County area -ALBUM LWC to award 218 degrees at College's 107th commencement Letter carriers to pick up food Saturday 12 May 2018 Reminder: No Chamber luncheon meeting today 8 May 2018 Gospel Sounds at Hadley Community Church Sun 13 May 2018 Adair Co. Retired Teachers meet Tues, 15 May 2018 Columbia City Council 07 May 2018 - REPORT Adair Co. Fiscal Court regular meeting, 08 May 2018 - AGENDA Edmonton 200th Birthday Party Parade is 7 Sep 2018 View even more articles in topic News |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
