Posted on 07/01/2015 9:59:57 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Unnoticed by most citizens, last week the United States Senate introduced the “Secret Science Reform Act of 2015.” The act is aimed at the Environmental Protection Agency’s practice of refusing to disclose data from scientific studies that support new pollution regulations. The act indirectly questions the EPA assertion that Americans are dying today from small particle air pollution.
Past EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson testified before Congress in 2011, stating, “Particulate matter causes premature death. It doesn’t make you sick. It’s directly causal to dying sooner than you should.” Particulate matter refers to PM2.5, classified by the EPA as particles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter, much smaller than the eye can see. Particle pollution is a mixture of dust, nitrates and sulfates, metals, pollen, and organic chemicals.
The EPA claims that any level of small particles can cause premature death. The agency warns that death may be short-term, occurring within a few hours of inhalation, or may be caused by long-term inhalation of PM2.5 over several years. EPA policy advisor Amanda Brown asserted that between 130,000 and 320,000 Americans died prematurely in 2005 due to small particle pollution, an incredible 6 to 15 percent of total US deaths.
EPA claims that particle pollution triggers heart failure, respiratory failure, or other causes of death. For example, suppose a senior citizen dies a few days before his 67th birth day and a coroner determines heart failure to be the cause of death. According to the EPA, the death may have been “premature” and caused by small particle air pollution.
The EPA uses “prevention” of premature deaths from small particles to justify tighter pollution regulations. The EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan, which will force closure of coal-fired power plants across the nation, is an example. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at wattsupwiththat.com ...
I may post this as its own thread later, but this may seem like a nifty idea that some handy/crafty person might want to do, But scroll down and look at the comments from the enviro-nazis.
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This was one of the comments I enjoyed:
Ran Dome AlanFSmith • 2 days ago
If the alternative is a long healthy life with perpetual nagging and nannying by folks like you then I’ll install 2 and hope all my neighbors do the same.
Oops, better link:
No, large particle fascists are the biggest health problem in America.
These idiots want to regulate dust. No kidding dust!
Wow... I hit the link and read the comments, and there are some really doozy nanny-staters on there. Almost attempted to gain access to post retorts of my own, but thought better of it. Instead, I’ll just fire up the charcoal grill this weekend and char some red meat for my dinner.
Oh, I wish you would! I enjoy when conservatives infiltrate these leftist tirades.
Look at this excerpted comment below. All because someone wants to make a wood-burning stove! These people are so strident. I think they would cheer seeing an evil wood-burner beat to death.
Matt in the Box • a year ago
Morons. Only scientifically ignorant, psychopathically selfish dickheads burn wood in a residential area.
These same people probably smoke pot and don’t think twice about it. Or even once.
They aee all bat-poop cuckoo!
“EPA policy advisor Amanda Brown asserted that between 130,000 and 320,000 Americans died prematurely in 2005 due to small particle pollution, an incredible 6 to 15 percent of total US deaths.”
More detail: Brown said ‘Studies have shown with increased regulation we can end these premature deaths, some of which were tragically cut short by up to 11 days.’ (Okay - I didn’t read the article, but it wouldn’t surprise me if she said that!)
Some studies link volcanic lightning to particle size and others also link pollen to rainfall.
Oh Boy! A new scare for women. This one should keep them up all night worrying how the government is going to protect them from this “killer dust” that results from.....gasp.....COAL!
I mention women simply because the majority of our EPA dictates come from the complaints of scared women as a collective group that are afraid of almost everything...and anything the government tells them is dangerous for them.
Remember: IT’S FOR THE CHILDREN. The phrase that is the bait the government uses to catch female, gay and transgender support. It never fails.
I’ve been diagnosed a patient with small particle air pollution problems since moving (to help my son’s family) into the Flint, Michigan area. I’ll be leaving this fall back to my little air museum in the Florida Keys. This air pollution problem is real, can be quantified, and resists treatment in some patients, like me. I’ve been here in FreeRepublic since 1997, from the Reagan-Military “wing.” I don’t claim any expertise in air pollution Science; but have consulted my primary care physician here who treats many people like me. Simply, I’m leaving Flint!
[I don’t claim any expertise in air pollution Science; but have consulted my primary care physician here who treats many people like me.]
If you’re suffering from particulate poisoning I would say you’ve probably become an expert by now. I lived in Michigan for two years (Port Huron) and love it there but it’s ranked in the top 10 states for air pollution. In 2010 Flint was ranked as the most dangerous city in the U.S. for violent crime.
Enjoy the Keys.
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