Don’t Jog in the Smog

Big Sam recently found he has high blood pressure. As a school security guard he spends a lot of time walking outside on the grounds, and the school is not far from the highway where there is heavy traffic early in the morning when he gets to school. His doctor explains that recent research shows that higher air pollution contributes to high blood pressure. Sam thinks about his conversations with Jazzy about her asthma and her concern about air pollution and other known asthma triggers found in indoor and outdoor air. He remembers that the meteorologist on the news recommended that people check the daily air quality index online to help them plan activities. Sam decides to start checking air quality daily for his part of the city to see how unhealthy the quality of air is.