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Unhealthy air returns

By adamg on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 2:05pm
Haze over Boston as seen from the Middlesex Fells

View of downtown Boston today from Wright's Tower in the Middlesex Fells in Medford. Photo by Tastesred.

State air monitors in Roxbury, Dorchester, Chinatown and Chelsea are currently showing levels of pollutants in the area that are "unhealthy for sensitive groups:" carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone and "fine particles" in Roxbury; carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and fine particles in Dorchester; fine particles in Chinatown and Chelsea.

If you're five to seven miles outside of downtown Boston, the city appears to be lost in haze.

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Comments

By Gary C on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 2:12pm.

I went for a walk after lunch and things looked hazy and there is a slight "smoky" smell to the air.

By cybah on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 2:18pm.

I wondered why I started to have a nasty cough around 3am. I was like wtf...

I guess I am sensitive to this stuff.

By KB on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 4:16pm.

At 3AM, the air quality was excellent. It got worse during the day.

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 6:29pm.

Gray sky, golden light
Smoke from far away fires
Drifts into our lungs

By oddjob60 on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 3:57pm.

Is this why it smells like old urine and BO when I walk outside?

By anon on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 4:33pm.

No, that's because of the old urine and BO.

By CH on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 6:07pm.

No, that's probably from all the raw sewage that got displaced by storm runoff over the weekend.

By anon on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 4:10pm.

Where I work near North Station I've been noticing a sort of "burnt rubber" smell in the air all day. If I wanted to be facetious I could say it's a welcome change from the urine smell that's usually around there from all the addicts that populate the area, but I'm sure this chemical smell can't be good for anybody.

By Lee on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 4:23pm.

That’s how I react to bad air.

By schneidz on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 9:17pm.

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By Rwgfy on Mon, 07/17/2023 - 9:26pm.

If public health was at risk, the appropriate Boston commission would say something

By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 07/18/2023 - 5:31pm.

Troll.

You add nothing to this conversation.