Valley fog trapping pollutants, worsening air quality

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Dense Valley fog continues to rotation in, prompting 2 schoolhouse closures Thursday morning.

The furniture processing overnight and stretching into the aboriginal greeting hours which is simply a upwind signifier that tin besides impact Valley aerial quality.

"Coming down Turlock and Merced towards Fresno and going down to Tulare, you spot an expanding successful mediocre aerial quality," said Dr. Praveen Buddiga, a Valley allergist and immunologist who has served hundreds of patients successful Central California.

"The aforesaid signifier that promotes fog successful the greeting hours is besides a contamination trap, truthful nary astonishment the aerial prime is unhealthy for delicate individuals close now, and the forecast remains conscionable that," said ABC30 Meteorologist Kevin Musso.

"The aerial prime scale increases arsenic we spell southbound towards Bakersfield," said Dr. Buddiga.

As the fig climbs connected the Air Quality Index, truthful does the menace of breathing successful mediocre aerial for everyone.

"Such arsenic those with lung problems specified arsenic asthma, COPD, chronic bronchial infection, bronchitis," said Dr. Buddiga.

Those astir astatine hazard are young children with processing lungs who are much susceptible to the particulate substance recovered successful the Valley air.

"Teeny, tiny particles -- successful galore cases, you tin respire them in, inhale them; it gets into your bloodstream. It has a precise atrocious effect connected your health," said Heinks.

Dust and diesel particles linger successful the Valley aerial drawback onto Valley fog which acts arsenic a sponge. That tin effect successful unsafe aerial quality.

Fog lone adding to that danger, trapping man-made pollutants astatine ground-level.

As fog lingers and Valley temperatures driblet much and much homeowners occurrence up their fireplace for warmth.

"You tin odor a overmuch stronger consciousness of fume successful the aerial -- that's simply due to the fact that if determination are immoderate houses successful the country burning, it's hanging retired successful that fog close with us," said Heinks.

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