The EPA Has Tightened Ozone Standards — and Absolutely No One Is Happy
Opponents of anti-smog efforts say the stricter ozone limits will wreck the economy. Environmentalists say they will still allow thousands of deaths.
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The Environmental Protection Agencyannounced last week that the country’s anti-smog standard does not sufficiently protect Americans’ lungs and will be tightened, a move that irked groups on both sides of the debate.
The decision comes after years of wrangling over the national limit for ozone, the lung-damaging gas in smog.
