Happy National Child Health Day?

The author criticizes the EPA for moving to undermine the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which reduce mercury and other air toxics from coal- and oil-fired power plants. The document highlights that MATS prevents 11,000 premature deaths and 130,000 asthma hospitalizations annually, noting that the EPA is using the benefits of MATS in its modeling to justify other rule rollbacks, such as the ACER rule, while simultaneously seeking to weaken MATS itself.

• The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) provide substantial public health benefits by reducing mercury and over 80 other air toxics from oil and coal-fired power plants, including the prevention of 11,000 premature deaths, 4,700 heart attacks, and 130,000 asthma-related hospitalizations every year.

APA

Weeks, A. (2018). Happy National Child Health Day? Clean Air Task Force. https://www.catf.us/2018/10/happy-national-child-health-day/

Chicago

Weeks, Ann. Happy National Child Health Day? Clean Air Task Force, 2018. https://www.catf.us/2018/10/happy-national-child-health-day/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Weeks |first1=Ann |title=Happy National Child Health Day? |publisher=Clean Air Task Force |date=9 October 2018 |url=https://www.catf.us/2018/10/happy-national-child-health-day/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{weeks2018happy, author = {Weeks, Ann}, title = {{Happy National Child Health Day?}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2018}, month = oct, url = {https://www.catf.us/2018/10/happy-national-child-health-day/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }