Editorial: Persistent heat, haze can take heavy bodily toll

Editorial: Persistent heat, haze can take heavy bodily toll

Along with temperatures in the 90s, the resultant poor air quality has conspired to make this one miserable week. On Monday, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued an air quality advisory for Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Worcester counties. MassDEP followed that warning with another air-quality advisory Tuesday for Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol an…