Who could oppose cleaner air for children? Shockingly, some members of Congress.
Here’s what’s happening: Just last month, EPA strengthened national health standards for particle pollution, or soot, for the first time in over a decade—a major win for our health. But now, members of both the House and the Senate have introduced resolutions to overturn this improved standard.
Not on our watch.
Soot pollution kills. In the U.S. alone, it cuts short the lives of well over 100,000 people per year. But it’s even worse than that. This deadly pollutant is associated with increased infant mortality, hospital admissions for heart and lung diseases, cancer, and increased asthma severity.
Children’s bodies are uniquely vulnerable to the harms of soot. So are Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities that are disproportionately sited near multiple sources of air pollution.
Recent polling from the American Lung Association indicates that people in the U.S. overwhelmingly support stricter limits on air pollution. EPA’s protection is an important step toward cleaner, healthier air for all people—a step that we all want to take.
Tell your members of Congress to vote NO on the resolutions to overturn the soot standard.