Hill: Healthcare professionals want the EPA to adopt the strictest standards possible for ozone pollution.
A new standard is not only long overdue, but publicly needed, Janice Nolen, assistant vice president of national policy at the American Lung Association, said in a telephone conference on Tuesday.
The current standard of 75 parts per billion [ppb] fails to adequately protect public health. Were proposing a new rule of 60 parts per billion over a period of 8 hours.
By court order, the...