EPA Draws Fire Over Air-Review Revisions.

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  • Author(s): Stokstad, Erik
  • Source:
    Science. 12/15/2006, Vol. 314 Issue 5806, p1672-1673. 1/4p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      HEALTH; UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency; ENVIRONMENTAL law; AIR pollution; STANDARDS; BOXER, Barbara, 1940-; ENVIRONMENTAL policy; AIR quality; LAW
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      The article presents information related to the change in process of reviewing health standards for six of the most widespread and dangerous air pollutants by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The decision was announced by officials of EPA in the first week of December 2006. According to the officials the decision is designed to speed the notoriously slow process of revising these standards. National Ambient Air Quality Standards of EPA have enormous consequences, influencing the regulation of vehicles, industry, and agriculture in many ways. Barbara Boxer, Democratic Senator from California and new chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, said that the changed review process is a dangerous turn.