AEUS73 KDTX 311402 AQIDTX AIR QUALITY INDEX STATEMENT IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY RELAYED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 902 AM CDT TUE AUG 31 2010 THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY THE IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY. ...IOWA POLLEN COUNTS PER CUBIC METER... REPORTING AREA NORTHWEST RAGWEED: 217 TOTAL POLLEN: 424 SIOUXLAND DISTRICT HEALTH DEPT. SIOUX CITY IA SOUTHWEST RAGWEED: 269 TOTAL POLLEN: 459 MUNICIPAL HEALTH DEPT. COUNCIL BLUFFS IA CENTRAL RAGWEED: 292 TOTAL POLLEN: 352 UNIVERSITY HYGIENIC LAB ANKENY IA EAST CENTRAL RAGWEED: 217 TOTAL POLLEN: 346 LINN COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. CEDAR RAPIDS IA NOTE...THE TOTAL POLLEN COUNT IS ALL POLLEN INCLUDING RAGWEED. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE MOLD SPORES. $$