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Re:A little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for mil... by mschuster91 on Monday October 16, 2023 @11:47AM (#37901527)
The problem is, it makes the data less usable for people depending on actual air quality (e.g. asthmatics). For them, it doesn't matter if they have difficulty breathing because there's a factory running decades old tech upwind or if it is because every year the smoke from wildfires makes everything smell like a badly lit BBQ.
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Re:A little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for mil... by jjk166 on Monday October 16, 2023 @12:53PM (#37902693)
The data isn't being deleted, it's being ignored when the EPA needs to determine if pollution controls need to be added. Yes, asthmatics don't care about the source of pollution, but the EPA doesn't care about asthmatics. It's job is regulating human polluters; asthmatics are the concern of the department of health and human services.
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