Smog Showdown! — June 14, 2007
It’s big polluters versus health and science – And an EPA decision hangs in the balance
It’s a showdown, and an EPA decision is imminent.
On one side are the scientists, who all say we need better national standards to protect our health from smog.
On the other are big polluters, who have gone to the White House to try to prevent that from happening.
EPA’s independent science advisers unanimously say that EPA needs to update current standards and make them stronger in order to protect people’s health. (That’s because smog – technically, ground-level ozone – hurts children with asthma. It sends children and adults to hospital emergency rooms. And now we know it even kills.)
And now the moment of truth is at hand: will the EPA side with science and health, or with big polluters?
The attached fact sheet previews the coming EPA proposal on revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone:
The Evidence is Overwhelming: EPA Must Set a Much Stronger Ozone Air Quality Standard
