THE US agency charged with cleaning up America’s air is failing to do so. Plans made 15 years ago to rid the country’s air of toxic pollutants that cause cancer and a range of other health problems are hopelessly behind schedule, says a damning report released last week by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The report was requested by members of Congress, after recent figures from the Environmental Protection Agency indicated that “95 per cent of all Americans face an increased likelihood of developing cancer as a result of breathing air toxics”. The members wanted an audit of…
