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Physicians and scientists say rollbacks on pollution, transportation and greenhouse gas emissions regulations are a serious risk to public health.

At a virtual panel hosted by the American Lung Association on Wednesday, physicians and health experts highlighted the human health implications of the EPA’s efforts to roll back regulations on particulate matter air pollution, greenhouse gases, transportation emissions and more.

In the meantime, if the EPA fails to enforce existing laws and regulations, advocates are also prepared to take the agency to court. 

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Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a former blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection.

His anthology of updated Opednews articles "America is Not Broke" was published by Tayen Lane Publishing (March, 2015) and may be found here:
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