Air

Air Quality Health Index: Environment Canada and Health Canada have led the development of a health-based air quality index, known as the Air Quality Health Index. The Air Quality Health Index is a new tool available with current readings and forecasts for the next day. Toronto Public Health has designed an electronic Toolkit for use in education and promotion.The toolkit is available at http://www.halton.ca/aqhi. Halton Region has additional resources for both indoor and outdoor air quality:

Air Quality (Outdoor) includes information on air pollution in Halton, health effects, air quality monitoring stations in Halton, and today's air quality.
Air Quality (Indoor) has information on biological and chemical pollutants that could be found in homes and offices.

Incineration is a waste treatment technology that involves the combustion of organic materials and/or substances.

To learn more on this topic, including its potential effect on air quality, please visit the two following sites:

– A citizens guide to incineration: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/community/pdfs/suppmaterials/treatmenttech/incineration.pdf

– Advantages and Disadvantages of Incinerating your garbage: http://ccthitaswan.org

Recent Posts

• 22 January 2012 : A Farewell to Featherwagons Translated (No Comments)
  

  Halton Region has posted e-book translations in French, Spanish, Polish, and Cantonese on the Region’s website of the popular children’s picture book on air quality for children aged four to [More...]

  
  
• 15 November 2011 : A Farewell to Featherwagons– Children’s Book (No Comments)
  

  A Farewell to Featherwagons is an illustrated children’s picture book (for ages 4-8) that introduces issues associated with air quality and climate change. The book includes facts on Barn Owls, [More...]

  
  
• 31 August 2011 : Environment Canada Proposes Reduced Electricity Sector Emissions (No Comments)
  

    On August 19th Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent announced that the Government of Canada are taking steps to reduce emissions from the countries coal-fired electricity sector. They "recognize the potential [More...]

  
  
• 29 August 2011 : Health Impacts of Pollution (No Comments)
  

  The national Air Health Indicator (AHI) provides a view of the public health impacts attributable to outdoor air pollution in Canada. A new report shows increasing cardiopulmonary deaths due to ozone [More...]

  
  
• 27 August 2011 : Local Industries Complying with Air Quality Bylaw (No Comments)
  

  The Town of Oakville is pleased that local industries are complying with the new air quality bylaw.  See http://www.insidehalton.com/news/article/1059322.