Tougher smog restrictions may be on the horizon but will it really help you if you suffer from asthma, COPD, or other breathing or respiratory conditions? Many who are truly affected by the increase in pollution, smog, inversion are asking the question.
Activists that are reportedly protecting the environment want tougher standards on pollutants, ozone levels, and air quality. However, if you suffer from a severe respiratory condition extreme changes in temperature, pollutants, and smog can be quite devastating to your breathing.
Asthma is a condition that is affected by air control, inflammation, and oxygen intake. Each can easily be affected by sevaral risk factors . Asthma is a chronic condition that affects the lungs.
“EPA is stepping up to protect Americans from one of the most persistent and widespread pollutants we face,” said Lisa Jackson, the EPA administrator.
“EPA’s proposed standards promise clean air protections that reach from the nation’s urban neighbourhoods and communities to our rural forests and croplands,” said Cal BaierAnderson, a toxicologist with the Environmental Defense Fund.
Health officals agree that smog, pollutants and other things like smoking, allergens, and weather can be detrimental to some health conditions, but it is unknown what actual benefit will be seen because what true chances are actually going to occur. There are many who voice a concern on the controls countries will have on the companies or agencies that do not follow the new recommendations [if they are approved]. What sort of accountability will be enforced.
Others do no agree with the recommendations set by the EPA, including the oil industry and others. “There is absolutely
no basis for EPA to propose changing the ozone standards promulgated by the EPA administrator in 2008,” the American Petroleum Institute said.
Honestly, this could be another smoke and screen on issues related to the community with several stories and recommendations but the accountability and actions could leave us far from secure or satisfied. We will all need to wait to see the outcome of this story.
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