Play! Or not? How to work air quality index – and how they can affect the game

Fans of Suskechewan Rafrarders who went to Regina’s Mosaic Stadium on Friday Adjourn the game The prescribed kick-off more than three hours after the time.

While the riders were postponed, he was played in other sports in Suskechewan, despite that there were province blankets in the smoke of the wildfire in the last weekend.

Experts say that there is no rule to decide or decide to postpone the events of sports due to air quality, and there are different health guidelines in the specific league.

“Different games require different amounts of huffing and puffing and exposure times at the University of Sports Ecology at the University of Toronto.

“Depending on the game, depending on the exposure time, how old people are, these are all factors that should be considered. There is no standard policy,” Orr said.

He said that the Canadian Football League has air pollution guidelines, but there is no rule.

The ORR said that as soon as the wind becomes unsafe for people with sensitive conditions and the smoke of the forest fire is particularly dangerous, the game should be stopped.

With various air quality indexes being available, and in the form of wildfire smoke becomes a rapid general health risk, here it is often reported to be how a sense of air quality index is made while taking your own decisions – and not – and not.

What is ‘Air Quality Health Index’

Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) Environment and climate change is run by Canada (ECCC) and is widely used across the country. This is to rate the health risk of three types of dangerous contaminants in the air on one to 10 scale-the higher the number, the higher the risk.

Céline Audette, manager of health and air quality forecast services at ECCC, said, “It helps individuals to make a decision around the air quality that they are breathing.”

He said that people with no ratings of five or higher people and people with pre -existing conditions should consider going inside. In seven, the general population should be cautious. At the age of 10, everyone is at risk and exposure can cause health effects, the Audate said.

While other air quality index measures the concentration of specific pollutants in the air, the AQHI is based on the potential impact of the possible impact of the level of pollution on the “population of epidemics”, “said an environmental engineering professor at an environmental engineering professor at Carlton University in Ottawa.

He works on the air quality model similar to an ECC use to create AQHI.

The National Air Pollution Monitoring Program of ECC uses more than 130 stations in Canada to measure air pollutants every hour. A model is then used to guess that air quality and this health rating are not being tested.

Why can there be different numbers in different indexes

Experts say that due to things such as airflow and polluting sources, some meters can also create an average difference in air quality protection. For example, if you are standing immediately next to the exhaust of the car, the air would be very different if you were standing a few meters away.

There are also different formulas for measuring air quality. If you see more than 10 measures, it is probably a traditional air quality index that measures the specific level of pollutants.

The United States mainly uses a color code to indicate health risks, one to 500 scale, one to 500 scale. Canada calculates health risk differently, focusing on slightly different pollutants categories.

“Air Quality Index that are used in states are usually based on rules” and not necessarily “health effects,” Audate said. He said that Canada’s index uses “best science available”.

Wildfire Smoke inspired ECCC changes in 2024

Wildfires make particles in the air that are so small that they can only be seen with a microscope and breathe easily. Smoke falls in a pollutant category called PM2.5, or fine particulate matter that measures less than 2.5 micrometers.

“You can breathe it, it can settle in your lungs and even cross the cellular level and go into your brain,” Audate said. “This particle is toxic in any concentration.”

He said that you need to work quickly for wildfire smoke. Canada stations began measuring air quality every hour due to wildfires in 2024. First, the tests were conducted every three hours.

Softball tournament continued at Prince Albert

In Prince Albert, the WBSC Men Softball World Cup tournament continued on Friday night and weekend, at a distance of about 315 km in the North -West of the Mosaic Stadium.

The tournament co-chairman Ian Litzenberger said that the weather was very good and it was “the perfect weekend for the ball.”

Litzenberger said that when the smoke of the wildfire started rolling, the officers and the on-site medical directors used air quality documents from both softball Canada and softball Suskeschewan, so that calls could be made to continue. He said that he has used several air quality index including ECCC.

Litzenberger said that any of our air quality levels have been recommended at any time.