{"id":37357,"date":"2019-08-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/take-precautions-during-smoky-conditions-3\/"},"modified":"2019-08-19T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T16:00:00","slug":"take-precautions-during-smoky-conditions-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/take-precautions-during-smoky-conditions-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Precautions During Smoky Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>Alaska\u2019s growing number of statewide wildfires have persisted this summer. It\u2019s important to know that smoke can cause children to become sick in several<br \/>\nways. <strong>thread <\/strong>encourages all parents and early childhood educators to take precautions when dealing with poor air quality.<\/p>\n<h3>Smoky Conditions<\/h3>\n<p>Children are more likely to be affected by health threats from wildfire smoke than adults. Children\u2019s airways are still developing and they breathe more<br \/>\nair per pound of body weight than adults. Also, children often spend more time outdoors engaged in activity and play.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/features\/wildfires\/index.html\">steps to take<\/a> to decrease children\u2019s risk of illness from wildfire smoke,<br \/>\nalong with some additional resources that will help you make decisions regarding taking children outside:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dec.alaska.gov\/Applications\/Air\/airtoolsweb\/Aq\/\">Air quality index<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dec.alaska.gov\/air\/anpms\/wildfire-smoke\/\">Wildfire smoke information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/indoor-air-quality-iaq\/wildfires-and-indoor-air-quality-iaq\">Wildfire and indoor air quality (EPA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en-us\/advocacy-and-policy\/aap-health-initiatives\/children-and-disasters\/documents\/wildfires-acutephase.pdf\">Health risks of wildfires for children (AAP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnow.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2018-06\/school-outdoor%20activity%20guidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to limit outdoor activities at school (EPA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.epa.gov\/airnow\/smoke_fires\/protecting-children-from-wildfire-smoke-and-ash.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Protecting children from wildfire smoke (EPA)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>Thank you for all you do to keep the children in our communities safe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37357","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Take Precautions During Smoky Conditions - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/take-precautions-during-smoky-conditions-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Take Precautions During Smoky Conditions - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alaska\u2019s growing number of statewide wildfires have persisted this summer. 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