Post by KNOWTHIS on Aug 7, 2006 18:25:50 GMT -5
www.newscientist.com/article/mg19125633.800.html
The agency charged with cleaning up America's air is hopelessly behind schedule, according to a damning new report
THE US agency charged with cleaning up America's air is failing to do so. Plans made 15 years ago to rid the country's air of toxic pollutants that cause cancer and a range of other health problems are hopelessly behind schedule, says a damning report released last week by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The report was requested by members of Congress, after recent figures from the Environmental Protection Agency indicated that "95 per cent of all Americans face an increased likelihood of developing cancer as a result of breathing air toxics". The members wanted an audit of what the EPA had achieved since 1990, when an amendment to the US Clean Air Act required the EPA to bring in new laws to drastically reduce emissions of 190 airborne pollutants. These include known carcinogens such as asbestos, and compounds such as benzene from automobile exhausts and garages. Benzene alone ...
The agency charged with cleaning up America's air is hopelessly behind schedule, according to a damning new report
THE US agency charged with cleaning up America's air is failing to do so. Plans made 15 years ago to rid the country's air of toxic pollutants that cause cancer and a range of other health problems are hopelessly behind schedule, says a damning report released last week by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The report was requested by members of Congress, after recent figures from the Environmental Protection Agency indicated that "95 per cent of all Americans face an increased likelihood of developing cancer as a result of breathing air toxics". The members wanted an audit of what the EPA had achieved since 1990, when an amendment to the US Clean Air Act required the EPA to bring in new laws to drastically reduce emissions of 190 airborne pollutants. These include known carcinogens such as asbestos, and compounds such as benzene from automobile exhausts and garages. Benzene alone ...