January 6, 2023 08:49 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/6/23542368/environmental-protection-agency-rule-soot-particulate-matter-pollution
The EPA wants to strengthen air pollution rules does its plan do enough?
For the first time in over a decade, the Environmental Protection Agency could toughen its standard for how much soot is allowed in the air we breathe. Today, it proposed lowering the regulatory threshold for fine particulate matter, commonly called soot. Still, some major health and environmental groups say the EPA’s plan is too lenient on the pervasive pollutant that disproportionately burdens communities of color.
“Today’s proposal from EPA to update the national annual limits on particulate matter pollution misses the mark and is inadequate to protect public health from this deadly pollutant,” Harold Wimmer, president and CEO of the American Lung Association, said in a statement.
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/6/23542368/environmental-protection-agency-rule-soot-particulate-matter-pollution
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