Analysis | Researchers warn a common air pollutant is a driver of dementia, even at levels below current EPA standards
“They also found that stricter regulation, via a lower EPA standard for annual PM2.5 levels, would have saved even more lives and more dollars. In other words, to maximize public health benefits policymakers should set the threshold even lower.
“The current administration, however, is taking the opposite approach. Earlier this year President Trump announced he was directing the EPA to give localities “more flexibility” in their compliance with national air quality standards.”
Recent Trump administration rule changes would allow more of the pollutant into the atmosphere.
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