Health, Environmental Groups File Court Challenge to EPA Particulate Matter Pollution Standard 

EPA maintains nearly decade old annual pollution levels that has been linked to thousands of deaths annually

Washington, D.C., December 15, 2006 – Public health and environmental groups today filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for refusing to strengthen a nearly decade old national public health standard for particulate matter (PM) pollution to a level that could prevent thousands of premature deaths every year. Earthjustice filed the suit on behalf of the American Lung Association, Environmental Defense, and the National Parks Conservation Association. (more…)

Statement from John L. Kirkwood, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Lung Association

December 7, 2006.  New York, NY.  The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today an unprecedented decision to seriously weaken the process for determining the level of air pollution that is safe to breathe.  The American Lung Association urges EPA to reconsider this flawed decision and restore the process that has worked for over 30 years.  (more…)

Statement of John L. Kirkwood
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Lung Association
On the release of the
Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Recommendations
On Revisions to the National Ozone Standards

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‘EPA’s new standards fail to protect the health of the public’

Statement from John L. Kirkwood

President and CEO
American Lung Association

NEW YORK September 21, 2006. We are extremely disappointed with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter pollution announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  

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WASHINGTON - July 19 - With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) soon to make a critical decision about deadly particle soot pollution, medical experts and air pollution research specialists today called on EPA and a Senate committee to ignore what they called “bad science.”
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Statement by John L. Kirkwood, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Lung Association

Proposed Standards Fail To Protect Public Health; Must Be Made Stronger
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Statement by John L. Kirkwood President and Chief Executive Officer American Lung Association on Proposed New Particle Pollution Standards
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A Statement from John L. Kirkwood, President & CEO, American Lung Association
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Statement of John L. Kirkwood, President and CEO American Lung Association on the Health Effects Institute report on Revised Analyses of Time-Series Studies of Air Pollution and Health
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Washington, DC (November 13, 2002) – In a major victory for clean air and public health, a coalition of health and environmental groups today announced a court settlement that will improve cleanup of smog (ozone) in communities across the country. The settlement, reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a federal court lawsuit, will kick off a long-delayed process for lowering ozone levels to meet new national air quality standards issued in 1997.

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