Despite concerns of a link to more severe novel coronavirus cases, EPA will not move strengthen requirements on tiny airborne particles of pollution tied to respiratory and cardiovascular illness, saying the current levels are enough to protect Americans.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler cast doubt on some of the science that supports strengthening the standards for soot from power plants, wildfires and agriculture, saying the EPA believes the current standards protect human"There's still a lot of uncertainties, and that we believe that the current level that was set by the Obama administration is protective of public health while we continue to look at the uncertainties around ," he said on a call with reporters.
"We fundamentally disagree with the conclusion of the administrator. We think that there is clear and consistent science that supports a significant strengthening of both the annual and 24-hour standards," said Paul Billings, national senior vice president of public policy for the American Lung Association."We're talking about really small particles, byproducts of combustion and stuff that penetrate deep in the lungs and get past the body's natural defenses.
"We found unequivocally and unanimously that the current fine particle standard is not adequate to protect public health," Frey told ABC News. Frey said he doesn't dispute that some uncertainty exists in research about air pollution and its health effects and mortality but that the science does not support statements that the current standard is adequate.
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