The Government Security Center has reported that in several regions of Poland air has poor quality. SMS alerts were received by residents of the following voivodships: Śląskie, Mazowieckie, Greater Poland, Podkarpackie and Łódź.
“Note! Today (18.02) bad air quality (PM10, smog). Avoid external activity and ventilation of the apartment” – such SMS messages have been to recipients in a part of the country. It was received by recipients from the following voivodships (poviats: Zawiercie, Myszkowski, Rybnik, Mikołowski, and also Rybnik, Żory and Jastrzębie-Zdrój), Mazowiecki (Otwock poviat), Wielkopolski (poviat: Krotoszyński, Pleszewski, Poznań, Kalisz), Podkarpackie (Jarosławski and Tarnobrzeg) and Łódź Łódź and Piotrków Trybunalski).
Experts from the Government Security Center appealed to:
- avoiding external activity;
- Limiting the weathering of apartments.
PM10 dust harmfulness
PM10 dust is one of the ingredients smog. It contains, among others, toxic substances. It is created as a product of combustion in furnaces and solid fuel boilers.
Smog is created as a result of mixing smoke, dust and other impurities with fog or moisture in the air. The high concentration of PM10 is an indicator of poor air quality and can cause health problems, such as respiratory irritation, coughing and exacerbation of asthma.
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What is RCB alert
RCB alert It is an SMS system of warning against threats. You don't have to sign up for the RCB alert. People who will be in the area of a potential occurrence of a life -threatening crisis situation will receive a short text message (SMS) with information on the type of threat along with the location, as well as the source of warning. It does not matter which operator we have concluded the contract.
The amendment to the telecommunications law and some other acts of June 11, 2018 imposes on all operators the obligation to immediately send a message to all users in the area specified by the RCB director. Messages are issued only in exceptional situations that can really threaten human life and health.
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