(MI) The Detroit News – While I welcome comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed health standards for smog, the arguments in a Detroit News editorial are dangerously misleading (“Policies and priorities: If Obama is to fulfill his job creation pledge, he must consider the impact of every action on employment,” Jan. 12).
The editorial suggests that we cannot afford protections from pollution that dangerously impacts children and the elderly; that leads to severe and even fatal respiratory problems; and that costs families in higher medical bills. More