air quality

BOSTON (AP) _ The federal Environmental Protection Agency is warning that Friday's air quality in parts of New England could be unhealthy for some people. The regional branch of the EPA says air in coastal Connecticut, all of Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts and southern and central coastal Maine could have exceed the Federal air quality standard for ozone...

Many Southcoast residents may experience breathing problems Wednesday due to poor air quality.

With warm and humid weather forecast for the next several days, an air quality alert is being issued.

The Department of Public Health has been reluctant to release what could be critical information about the Parker Street Waste Site, but State Representative Antonio Cabral has convinced state officials to release those documents. Cabral says he requested a meeting with DPH Interim Commissioner Lauren Smith, who released the results of air quality and cancer studies conducted over a year ago in an