Ozone Hovering at Dangerous Levels

It's been a week of elevated ozone levels. 80 parts per billion or lower (preferably lower) is what is needed to protect human health, yet this standard was exceeded 12 times in the last week. Based on the Environmental Protection Agency's outdated rounding scheme, only two exceedances of the 8-hour ozone standard occurred, both on the 22nd (highlighted below). Ozone levels have definitely been hovering at dangerous levels for the last week.

17-Jul-06
Monitor	8-hour ozone max. daily value (ppb)
Chatfield	82
18-Jul-06
Chatfield	82
Highlands	81
22-Jul-06
Arvada	82
Chatfield	86
Highlands	82
NREL (Golden)	89
Rocky Flats North	81
Welch	81
23-Jul-06
Greeley Tower	82
NREL (Golden)	83
Rocky Flats North	84