Air Pollution

Turns out, the pollution from our tires and brakes can rival tailpipe emissions.

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In New Hampshire, pollution is expected to be especially acute in Cheshire, Grafton and Sullivan counties, and at elevations above 2,000 feet.

With no clear end in sight to the Canadian wildfires, experts weigh in on how NH residents can prepare for poor air quality.

The state's Department of Environmental Services says smoke is expected to reach New Hampshire from wildfires burning in Nova Scotia.

The organizations involved are especially interested in the results for neighborhoods that are home to more low-income residents and communities of color.

Five counties reported at least one day where air quality was unhealthy for those with asthma, heart disease and lung disease.

"We have not seen any sort of spike in particulate matter over the past two weeks, which would have been an indicator," said James Martin, with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.

The state says current wind patterns are again blowing high concentrations of fine particle air pollution across the country and into New England, from huge ongoing fires in Canada and the Pacific Northwest.

After Saint-Gobain’s PFAS use in Merrimack caused contamination in hundreds of nearby water wells several years ago, state regulators ordered the company to install the new air emissions treatment system by July 30, 2021.