Senate Holds Hearings on PM2.5 Health Effects, October 2, 2002

On October 2, 2002, Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) held a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to review studies of the health impacts of PM2.5, particularly those effects associated with power plant emissions.


Witnesses included:

–Dr. Jonathan M. Samet, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

–Robert M. O’Keefe, Health Effects Institute

–Dr. Ron Wyzga, Electric Power Research Institute

–Ben Rose, Green Mountain Club

–Dr. Jonathan Levy, Harvard School of Public Health

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee [www.senate.gov/~epw/] offers the full testimony online, as well as offering an audio archive of the hearing.