Local Democrats warn against easing clean car emission standards October 18, 2019

The Gazette

Maureen McCue, coordinator of Physicians for Social Responsibility, a non-partisan group, voiced her concern about the “adverse effects” car pollution has on health. Car pollution can cause and exacerbate asthma, she said, from which over 3,000 children and 15,000 adults in Linn County suffer.

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