EPA Deregulation Would Be a ‘Tragedy’ for Health, Experts Say March 19, 2025
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“There have been times where the EPA has not enforced its own rules, and organizations like ours have taken them to court to force that enforcement, so that is likely to happen,” said Dr. Mark Vossler, board president of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Ultimately, all efforts to reduce air pollution are critical for public health, experts emphasized.
“There’s no real safe level of these common air pollutants,” Vossler said. “Any increase in pollution has meaningful adverse effects on human mortality, and a reduction in these common pollutants has a benefit on human mortality.”
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