EPA report shows progress in reducing urban air toxics across US; 50% reduction from mobile sources since 1990
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2014
Other results include: a 66% reduction in benzene; a nearly 60% reduction in mercury from man-made sources such as coal-fired power plants; an 84% decrease of lead in outdoor air; the removal of an estimated 1.5 With additional fleet turnover, EPA expects these reductions to grow to 80% by the year 2030.
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