Trouble in Air – Northern Virginia Residents’ Health at Risk With 84 Dirty Air Days in 2016
Despite improvement in recent years thanks to clean air policies, air pollution remains a threat to public health, according to a new report by
"All Virginians should be able to breathe clean air. Even one day with polluted air is too many," said
For the report, Trouble in the Air: Millions of
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"There's no safe level of exposure to smog and particulate pollution," said
These troubling findings come as the Trump administration prepares to weaken the federal clean car standards, the nation's best climate change mitigation program, which is aimed at cutting tailpipe emissions and global warming pollution. The report's authors call on the federal government to strengthen, not weaken, the clean car standards and continue to allow states to adopt stronger vehicle pollution standards. The authors also call on officials to strengthen Clean Air Act regulations.
"To protect our health, we must keep cutting smog, particulate pollution and global warming," said Leard. "We must accelerate our progress, not hit the brakes on effective programs like the federal clean car standards."
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