New EPA Soot Limits Faulted by Scientists

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2006/feb/03/020308554.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed regulations on soot were criticized Friday as too weak by scientists advising the agency and as too politicized by health advocates and Democrats.

Rogene Henderson, a biochemist and toxicologist who chaired the EPA advisory panel, and Dr. Frank Speizer, a Harvard University professor and panel member, said in a telephone conference that the science supports tougher standards than EPA chose.

Henderson said the panel's continuing protest of that decision puts it in "uncharted waters" opposing EPA.

Other air pollution experts and advocates complained of last-minute tinkering by the White House Office of Management and Budget. Bart Ostro, chief of California EPA's air pollution epidemiology unit, said OMB officials circumvented a scientific peer-review process.

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who'dathunkit????

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1. this is an issue for states,,, Bushco --> butt out n/t