| > There have been multiple studies linking proximity to freeways with asthma Which also drives the call to reduce car use, wherein someone is also likely to point out that driving is not a right but a privilege. > So it’s as if that study on those plastics happened 30 years ago, and we’re just now getting around to it. Which essentially is what has happened with cars and the various pollution. Yes. And lead wasn't banned for interior paint until decades after some other countries. The US regulatory system is strongly weighted in favor of business over health and environment. > raking anyone over the coals As if! This is finding. The EPA must then "propose and promulgate emission standards", which the FAA must then turn into regulations. It sets no deadlines, it makes no policy changes other than for the EPA and FAA. I suspect it will take years before the first regulations appear, and with years to allow a changeover. |