Environmental and public-health groups filed suit Tuesday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allegedly failing to ensure that Los Angeles has an effective smog-reduction plan.
Environmental and public-health groups filed a lawsuit today against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to ensure that Los Angeles, Sacramento and New Hampshire have effective plans to reduce dangerous smog pollution.
The EPA determined that the areas covered by today’s lawsuit have smog pollution at levels high enough to cause health problems and ecological harm.
Human exposure to ground-level ozone, also known as smog, can have life-threatening health impacts. The EPA found ozone exposure can not only kill people but cause respiratory problems such as increased asthma attacks and damaged airways.