EPA Advisors Cite Diesel Exhaust Risk In Call For Air Toxics Program Review

An EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) workgroup in a draft report is urging the agency to conduct a “systematic review” of its programs to reduce urban toxic emissions, placing a heavy emphasis on the lingering public health risks from diesel exhaust as one of the largest concerns for cities seeking to cut air toxics levels. In the draft report released Nov. 18 at a meeting of the workgroup in Arlington, VA, CAAAC's Urban Air Toxics Workgroup responds to...