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Polluted Science: The Epa's Campaign to Expand Clean Air Regulations
Polluted Science The Epa's Campaign to Expand Clean Air Regulations Author:Michael Fumento In his book, Michael Fumento persuasively shows that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) expansion of the Clean Air Act could burden Americans with major lifestyle changes and cost tens of billions of dollars-with no real benefit. The author looks at recent EPA proposals to tighten national air quality standards for particulate matt... more »er and ozone. He argues that the evidence supporting the health benefits of the new standards is extremely weak and ambiguous and has been distorted by the EPA. Furthermore, he says that proposing new regulations is absurd considering that the levels of these pollutants are already much lower than they used to be and are still dropping. By demanding pollution levels well below the level at which health effects are apparent, he says, the EPA labels all man-made emissions-even those that are harmless-as pollutants. He suggests that the clearest results of adopting the new standards would be to expand the agency's regulatory powers and set a precedent for making future revisions to air quality standards with little regard for demonstrated health effects. This book will appeal to environmental, energy and health policy makers and analysts, scientists, economists, legislators, and executives in utilities, chemical, transportation and manufacturing industries.« less
ISBN-13: 9780844740430 ISBN-10: 0844740438 Pages:141 Edition:Rev Exp Su Rating: