Ich habe mal weiter gelesen. Bei dem Air Quality Index gelten Werte oberhalb 150 als kritisch für Outdoorsport. Menschen mit Atemwegserkrankungen wie Asthma sollten bei Werten ab 100 aufpassen.
Aber auch für Leistungssportler könnten so hohe Luftbelastungen in der Stadt ungünstig wirken. Das wäre z.B. für Laufsport im Park oder bei Marathons schon relevant.
Gibt es den Index in Deutschland auch? Soweit ich sehe, ja.
https://www.iqair.com/de/germanyHeute Morgen liegt Meppen mit 114 vorne. Da scheint es zu brennen.
Hier mal der Auszug aus dem TP Artikel:
How do I know when air quality is bad?
The
Air Quality Index (AQI) from the Environmental Protection Agency measures major air pollutants, including particle pollution (like those from smoke), ground-level ozone, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide. The AQI is graded on a 500 point scale that includes various “Levels of Concern”. They include:
- “Good” (0-50 AQI): Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
- “Moderate” (51-100 AQI): Air quality is acceptable. However, there may be a risk for some people, particularly those who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.
- “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” (101-150 AQI): “Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is less likely to be affected.”
- “Unhealthy” (151-200 AQI): “Some members of the general public may experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.”
- Anything above 200 is considered “Very Unhealthy” and above 300 is “Hazardous”.
Here’s an interesting and saddening fact: In 2019, the ACSM American Fitness Index issued a
Summary Report that rated American cities in terms of health and fitness and included air quality as an indicator (for the first time). The report found that the 100 largest American cities only enjoyed “good” air quality for 62% of the year on average. For the populations living in those cities, that means breathing polluted air that can be harmful to human health for over four months of the year.
Habe die Europakarte noch weiter angeschaut.
Man bekommt da schnell einen Überblick über höher belastete Regionen. Wie genau die Angaben sind und was dazu in Kritiken zu erfahren ist wäre auch mal interessant.
