AEUS73 KDMX 211422 AQIDMX AIR QUALITY INDEX STATEMENT IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY RELAYED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 922 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY THE IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY. ...IOWA POLLEN COUNTS PER CUBIC METER... REPORTING AREA NORTHWEST RAGWEED: 11 TOTAL POLLEN: 23 SIOUXLAND DISTRICT HEALTH DEPT. SIOUX CITY IA SOUTHWEST RAGWEED: 25 TOTAL POLLEN: 47 MUNICIPAL HEALTH DEPT. COUNCIL BLUFFS IA CENTRAL RAGWEED: 55 TOTAL POLLEN: 81 UNIVERSITY HYGIENIC LAB ANKENY IA NOTE...THE TOTAL POLLEN COUNT IS ALL POLLEN INCLUDING RAGWEED. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE MOLD SPORES. THIS WILL BE THE LAST DAY THAT RAGWEED INFORMATION WILL BE TRANSMITTED FOR THIS SEASON. $$