Seattle's 'unhealthy' air quality causing health concerns

Seattle’s air quality is unhealthy for everyone, but especially sensitive groups.

Multiple wildfires in the Cascades caused unhealthy to very unhealthy air quality in King, Snohomish, and Pierce Counties on Wednesday.

Edwin Staples bikes upwards of 12 miles a day to work, and can’t escape the recent weeks of smoke.

“It doesn’t feel any better indoors than it does outdoors. I’m in the federal building and even with the air conditioning and everything it smells like a campfire inside our building,” said Staples.

The unhealthy air quality can cause health symptoms like itchy eyes, sore throat, and headache to more serious symptoms for at-risk groups.

“What we really worry about is people with underlying heart or lung conditions that can worsen those and result in asthma or COPD, exacerbations and potentially aggravating the heart as well,” said Dr. Cora Sack, a pulmonologist at the UW Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences.

Story: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-exposure-to-unhealthy-air-quality-experts/281-af897127-80a7-4284-874e-11f539fb3836

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