Southern Penobscot-Interior Hancock-Central Washington- Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Including the cities of Bangor, Brewer, Orono, Old Town, Amherst, Aurora, Dedham, Eastbrook, Great Pond, Calais, Grand Lake Stream, Wesley, Princeton, Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Orland, Castine, Eastport, Perry, Machias, and Cherryfield 916 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021 ...Air quality alert is in effect from 11 AM Monday until 11 PM Monday... The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has issued an air quality action day for the following counties... Coastal Hancock...Coastal Washington...Interior Hancock...Northern Washington. THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION`S BUREAU OF AIR QUALITY HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT . . . UNTIL 11 PM ON MONDAY JUNE 7. . . FOR THE ENTIRE COASTLINE AND EASTERN INTERIOR REGIONS. IN ADDITION PARTICLE POLLUTION LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MODERATE STATEWIDE. HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE THE IMPACTS OF THE HIGHER POLLUTION LEVELS. THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RECOMMENDS THAT INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER LIMITING STRENUOUS OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS. PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS INCLUDE THE VERY YOUNG, THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA AND OR HEART DISEASE. THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD CONSIDER CONSULTING THEIR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT EVEN IN AREAS WITH MODERATE LEVELS OF OZONE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION THE HEALTH IMPACTS WILL BE COMPOUNDED BY THE EFFECTS OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY. A TOLL FREE AIR QUALITY HOTLINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SO MAINE RESIDENTS CAN STAY INFORMED ON THE AIR QUALITY SITUATIONS. THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS: 1-800-223-1196.