NEW INFORMATION
SURROUNDING
MONTANA'S AIR
QUALITY-- AS IF IT MAKES
THE GRADE.
A NEW REPORT
SUGGESTS NUMEROUS
MONTANA COUNTIES
RECEIVED F'S FOR AIR
QUALITY.
WITH THE MAIN REASON
BEING --FIRE SEASON.
M-T-N'S CARSON
VICKROY HAS MORE.




MATT KELLEY:
SO MONTANANS HAVE
BEEN DEALING WITH
WILDFIRE SMOKE FOR
GENERATIONS, THAT'S
NOTHING NEW. WHAT IS
NEW IS THE WILDFIRE
SEASON IS LONGER
WHICH MEANS WE HAVE
MORE INTENSE FIRES
AND IT CAN CREATE
MORE SMOKE AND THAT
CREATES HEALTH
QUESTIONS AND HEALTH
CONCERNS THAT MAYBE
MORE SERIES THAN
THEY WERE IN THE
PAST.
CV:
THIS USUALLY ISN'T A
YEAR ROUND CONCERN.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM
THE MONTANA
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY'S WEBSITE THE
AIR QUALITY IS VERY
GOOD AND ITS
ENCOURAGED FOR YOU
TO GET OUTSIDE.
MATT KELLEY:
IF YOU'RE PAYING
ATTENTIONS ON A DAY TO
DAY BASIS ABSOLUTELY
IT'S SAFE TO BE OUTSIDE
ARE THERE DAYS WHEN
AIR QUALITY IS PRETTY
CRUDDY AND PEOPLE
SHOULD DIAL BACK
THERE, ACTIVITY
ABSOLUTELY.
CV:
THESE DAYS ARE
COMMON WHEN WE'RE
UNDER DOME OF HIGH
PRESSURE WHERE
CONDITIONS ARE DRY,
SUNNY, AND WARM CAN
BE PARTICULARY BAD
BECAUSE THOSE
POLLUTANTS CAN SIT
NEAR THE GROUND.
OUR EMISSIONS CAN
ALSO AGGRAVATE THE
AIR QUALITY, BUT THERE
ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN
CURB THOSE EMISSIONS
TO HELP YOURSELF AND
THE AIR WE BREATHE.
MATT KELLEY:
IF YOU HAVE A
WOODFIRE STOVE,
MAKING SURE THAT IT'S
BURNING EFFICIENTLY
AND ISN'T CAUSING
POLLUTION IN THE HOME,
KNOWING WHAT RADON
LEVELS ARE IN YOUR
HOME, WHERE MONTANA
IS A RADON RISKY
STATE.SO KNOWING
THOSE RADON LEVELS
BECAUSE RADON IS THE
SECOND LEADING CAUSE
OF LUNG CANCER.
CV
:IT CAN ALSO BE AS
SIMPLE AS CARPOOLING,
USING ALTERNATIVE
FORMS OF
TRANSPORTATION OR
TURNING YOUR CAR OFF
WHEN PICKING
SOMEONE UP. IN
BOZEMAN,
METEOROLOGIST
CARSON VICKROY MTN
NEWS.




IF YOU'RE WORRIED
ABOUT FIRE SEASON
IMPACTING YOUR HEALTH
-- TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR
NOW BEFORE THE
SEASON STARTS.
