Saturday, October 25, 2014

San Bernadino Air Quality Index

In looking at the map on the air quality index, I chose to look at San Bernadino County, California. The Banning-Airport located in Riverside is located in San Bernadino California.  Its Air Quality Index was at a high of 830 and the surrounding areas of Mira Loma -Van Buren (82), Rubidoux (70) and Riverside (57), all had fairly high Air Quality indexes as well.   With these 4 high indicators, I decided to research San Bernadino County.
San Bernadino happens to be the largest county in the United States. Being the largest county is already a major factor contributing to its poor air quality. Secondly, it contains eleven total airports two being commercial, one being cargo, and nine being general aviation airports. In addition, It contains over 14 hospitals and colleges or universities, as well as 1 military base, 1 air-force and 1 military training center. Each of these lets of green house gases leading to air pollution and a high air quality index. As you can see in the picture below, the high density and major amounts of air polluters, can create hazardous conditions and increase health side effects in the citizens around the area. San Bernadino has tried to institute air pollution controls and is continuing to try to do so. 


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