Environmental Protection Agency-The Washington Post-Government Plans-Soot Standards

U.S. proposal would tighten soot standards: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government plans on Friday to announce a proposal to strengthen standards for regulating air pollution from soot that could offer health benefits over time but require some industries to make new anti-pollution investments, The Washington Post reported. The Environmental Protection Agency will propose to tighten annual exposure to fine-particle soot to between 12 and 13 micrograms per cubic meter of air from 15 micrograms, according to people briefed on the plan, the report said. ... read more..

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Analysis: Food security focus fuels new worries over crop chemicals

(Reuters) - Scientists, environmentalists and farm advocates are pressing the question about whether rewards of the trend toward using more and more crop chemicals are worth the risks, as the agricultural industry strives to ramp up production to feed the world's growing population. The debate has heated up in the last several weeks, with a series of warnings and calls for government action including a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Critics say they fear the push to increase global crop production is translating into mounting health and environmental dangers. ... read more..

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