What are the implications for EPA’s air quality studies? Continue reading Asthma overdiagnosed in Canadian adults
Category: Air Quality
Claim: Metals released by burning fuel oil may damage children’s developing lungs
All nonsense. Even assuming the result is somehow true (which I do not, for the usual ecological epidemiology reasons), there is no meaningful clinical health effect. Continue reading Claim: Metals released by burning fuel oil may damage children’s developing lungs
Claim: The Deadly Problem of Urban Air Pollution
Vikas Bajaj is a New York Times reporter who forgot to say to the World Health Organization, “show me a body.” Continue reading Claim: The Deadly Problem of Urban Air Pollution
UN claims urban air pollution kills 3 million per year
Inhofe Calls for Transparency and Public Input on EPA Advisory Panels
“Circumstances surrounding the recent nomination request and correspondence between EPA and the Senate EPW Committee raise new concerns the agency is not committed to a transparent or meaningful public input process for selecting CASAC and SAB members.” Continue reading Inhofe Calls for Transparency and Public Input on EPA Advisory Panels
Claim: Exposure to particulate air pollutants associated with numerous cancers
Ridiculous. Here’s a one big reason. Continue reading Claim: Exposure to particulate air pollutants associated with numerous cancers
The Auto Emissions Crackup
One more example of what an analyst calls ‘sophisticated state failure.’ Continue reading The Auto Emissions Crackup
EPA smog rule ‘unachievable,’ opponents say
Ozone triggers lying, not asthma. Continue reading EPA smog rule ‘unachievable,’ opponents say
Claim: Fewer U.S. youth dying from pollution, tobacco
Uh… what young person has ever been killed by “pollution” or smoking? Continue reading Claim: Fewer U.S. youth dying from pollution, tobacco
Claim: Unhealthy ozone days could increase by more than a week in coming decades
Because the “safe” level of ozone keeps getting ratcheted lower… not because ambient ozone levels actually harm anyone. Continue reading Claim: Unhealthy ozone days could increase by more than a week in coming decades
Claim: California Has Nation’s Dirtiest Air
California air is not ‘dirty’ and my research shows it kills no one. Continue reading Claim: California Has Nation’s Dirtiest Air
Claim: Is your home harming you? New research highlights deadly effects of indoor pollution
Indoor air may cause a variety of ailments, but it kills no one. Continue reading Claim: Is your home harming you? New research highlights deadly effects of indoor pollution