# Air Quality Alert: Western Passaic; Eastern Passaic; Hudson; Western Bergen; Eastern Bergen; Western Essex; Eastern Essex; Western Union; Eastern Union — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-17 03:15 ingested 2026-07-17 08:16

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Air Quality Alert — Western Passaic; Eastern Passaic; Hudson; Western Bergen; Eastern Bergen; Western Essex; Eastern Essex; Western Union; Eastern Union
Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an
a code red air quality alert for the following counties:

Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Union

until midnight EDT tonight.

A code red air quality alert means that air pollution concentrations
within the region are unhealthy for the general population. The
effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous
activity or exercise outdoors.

For additional information, please visit the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection Web site at https://dep.nj.gov/airmon

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.