Obama withdraws ozone rulemaking
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
USPresident Barack Obama has requested that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw its Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) rulemaking.
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Are Asian emissions to blame for US ozone levels?
Green Cars News
JANUARY 21, 2010
A new international study suggests that springtime ozone levels above western North America are rising mainly because of air flowing eastward from the Pacific Ocean – a trend at its largest when the air originates in Asia. This could even make it difficult for the US to meet Clean Air Act standards for ozone pollution.
Ozone concentrations can impair healthy lungs
Green Cars News
JULY 26, 2009
In the August issue of the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , it states that exposure to ozone at levels currently deemed safe by the NAAQS clean air standards can have a significant negative effect on lung function. The research found that 6.6 hours of exposure.
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