The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued a pollution alert for the Twin Cities yesterday. The air quality level is just below that of unhealthy for sensitive people. The MPCA also says to avoid burning wood.
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Avoid burning wood in North Saint Paul? This is the most polluted city in the world and the four city council members encourage it. The air is smoky almost every evening. The air is smokier in the summer than it is in the winter in this town. We had 25 out of 31 evenings of smoky air in July. We had many instances of smoky air from burning leaves this fall as well, as recently as this past Sunday. The MPCA should be issuing air pollution alerts every day in this town.
When I contacted the MPCA about the horrible wood smoke pollution in this town they said they couldn't do anything about it.