Press Release: 6/24/2025

MassDEP Air Quality Advisory for Five Southeastern and Cape Counties

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

6/23/2025

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Fabienne Alexis, Public Affairs Assistant Director / MassDEP

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Call Fabienne Alexis, Public Affairs Assistant Director / MassDEP at 857-274-7522

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Email Fabienne Alexis, Public Affairs Assistant Director / MassDEP at fabienne.alexis@mass.gov

WHAT: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has issued an air quality advisory, effective tomorrow, for five Massachusetts counties: Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket. Due to elevated levels of ozone, air quality in those counties is expected to be unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include people with heart or lung disease, such as asthma, older adults, children, teenagers, and people who are active outdoors. People with either lung disease or heart disease are at greater risk from exposure to air pollution.

MassDEP advises people in sensitive groups to reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion, take more breaks, do less intense activities, follow asthma action plans and keep quick relief medicine handy. Watch for symptoms such as coughing or shortness of breath.

More details are available, including forecasts and real-time data, at MassDEP’s MassAir Online site.

WHEN: Effective 11:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m., June 24, 2025