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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Washington, DC, March 26, 2002 - The American Lung Association® hailed today’s D.C. Court of Appeals decision upholding the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine soot particles (PM2.5) and ozone (smog).
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Washington, DC, March 5, 2002 — The American Lung Association® today said that a new study indicting fine particle or soot air pollution as a cause of lung cancer among people living in many large U.S. cities adds urgency to the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to end a needless delay in implementing strong new rules to curb fine particle emissions.
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July 23, 2001

Research Triangle Park, NC — The health threat from tiny soot particles is so grave that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should adopt a tougher new short-term standard to protect public health while retaining the longer-term standard adopted in 1997, a coalition led by the American Lung Association® testified today.

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