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Due to fine particle pollution from wildfires in Canada, a thick haze enveloped Chattanooga on Monday as the city and the broader area reached "unhealthy" air quality, a designation set by health officials that urges the general public to avoid outdoor, strenuous activity as much as possible to avoid breathing in the outside air.
A thick haze emanating from smoke produced by Canadian wildfires enveloped Chattanooga on Thursday, bringing air quality in the city to unhealthy levels on the air quality index.
The Chattanooga - Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau is reporting that the air quality index is at 151 which is not only unhealthy for sensitive groups but for everyone.