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New EPA Smog Standards Lower Than Scientists Recommend

HeadlineMar 13, 2008

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a modest increase in standards regulating smog. The EPA will allow the amount of pollution forming ozone in the air to be seventy-five parts-per-billion. Government scientists had urged the agency to set higher standards to fight unhealthy air pollution.

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