OZONE STANDARD LIKELY TO SPARK BENEFITS BATTLE AS EPA BEGINS REVIEW

EPA's pending review of its ozone air pollution standard is likely to launch a battle over how to calculate the health benefits that could justify a stricter standard because recent studies are now linking short-term ozone exposure to premature death, according to scientists, industry officials and environmentalists. Health advocacy groups argue that the recent mortality research should drive more stringent regulatory limits. But industry argues that a larger body of toxicology research shows little or no evidence that long-term ozone...