Bad Air Daze

   New Hampshire, the pollution tailpipe of the country, has issued an alert for 48 hours worth of harmful air. Officially, Tuesday and Wednesday are known as Air Quality Action Days. It means you don't want to take any physical action, lest you cough up a lung as you inhale high concentrations of fine particle pollution. Don't go for that noon run. Don't exert yourself in any fashion. Don't pass go. Where are the presidential politicians when these summer Red Alert days arrive? The air pollution will be greatest in Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack and Rockingham counties -- as well as anywhere over 3,000 feet. It's a combo of air pollution from the Midwest -- and New England -- smogging over the region with these hot temperatures. You can read the NH Department of Environmental Services press release here in full, but symptoms of ozone exposure include coughing, wheezing and pain when inhaling deeply. By Thursday, scientists say we can breathe a little easier.