Stronger Ozone Standards Urged

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Public-health professionals and environmentalists on Thursday urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen ozone pollution control standards in Southern California, saying it would dramatically reduce the death rate caused by smog.

At an EPA hearing in Los Angeles - one of five scheduled nationwide to consider strengthening proposed air-quality standards for ozone pollution in smog - speakers said the higher standard would reduce the mortality rate from 14 to two people per 1 million residents.

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Stronger Ozone Standards Urged

"Here in California, we have eight of the 10 most ozone polluted counties in the entire nation," said J...

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