Air pollution alert canceled

By Tom Meersman, Star Tribune

Last update: March 9, 2006 - 4:11 PM

State officials have cancelled the air pollution health advisory that was in effect for the Twin Cities metro area for Wednesday and part of today.

Fine particles such as soot accumulated in the air, but winds have now moved the pollutants out of the area, said Rick Strassman, air monitoring supervisor for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Strassman said the readings on the state's website still show air quality levels above 100, but that number is a 24-hour average and actual conditions are now in the safe range.

"This episode came and went pretty quick," he said. Air quality should remain good for the next several days and no more alerts are expected, Strassman said.

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