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    Fourteen Missouri legislators called on the EPA to increase smog pollution controls for the St. Louis region where coal-fired power plants are a main contributor to air pollution. The EPA science board has found the current air pollution standards to be hazardous to health, damaging and losing thousands of lives every year from issues like asthma, lung disease, and premature death. A St. Louis resident urges adding voices to call for cleaner air when the EPA establishes new smog level standards next month, as the poor air quality affects hundreds of thousands in the city who breathe it every day.

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    Fourteen Missouri legislators called on the EPA to increase smog pollution controls for the St. Louis region where coal-fired power plants are a main contributor to air pollution. The EPA science board has found the current air pollution standards to be hazardous to health, damaging and losing thousands of lives every year from issues like asthma, lung disease, and premature death. A St. Louis resident urges adding voices to call for cleaner air when the EPA establishes new smog level standards next month, as the poor air quality affects hundreds of thousands in the city who breathe it every day.

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    Fourteen Missouri legislators called on the EPA to increase smog pollution controls for the St. Louis region where coal-fired power plants are a main contributor to air pollution. The EPA science board has found the current air pollution standards to be hazardous to health, damaging and losing thousands of lives every year from issues like asthma, lung disease, and premature death. A St. Louis resident urges adding voices to call for cleaner air when the EPA establishes new smog level standards next month, as the poor air quality affects hundreds of thousands in the city who breathe it every day.

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    People's voices are as

    important as politicians' on
    clean air
    November 27, 2014 12:00 am

    Regarding "Missouri Democrats seek tougher smog standards" (Nov.


    12):
    Fourteen Missouri legislators called on the Environmental Protection
    Agency to increase smog pollution controls. This air pollution is
    caused by high amounts of ozone in the air, with coal-fired plants
    being a main contributor. Many of them are in the St. Louis region.
    The EPA science board has found the current standard of pollution to
    be hazardous to health. Thousands of lives are damaged and lost
    every year by air pollution in St. Louis and other cities; the results
    range from asthma attacks to lung disease to premature death.
    As a resident of St. Louis city who breathes in this air everyday, this
    issue is of dire importance. I, along with hundreds of thousands of
    others, are forced to breathe this air every day. With so many people
    being affected, it is vital for us to demand it be protected.
    With the draft ruling from the EPA coming next month to establish
    new standards for smog levels, it is necessary to add as many voices
    as possible to call for clean air in our city. I urge all of us to voice their
    concern to the EPA and show that dirty air and damage to our health
    is not something that will be tolerated.
    Anne Charles St. Louis

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