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Public release date: 1-Nov-2011
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/ehs-aof102711.php
American Journal of Preventative Medicine
Authors of AJPM article urge physicians and medical societies to advocate against efforts in Congress to weaken clean air laws
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Efforts by some in Congress to dismantle clean air laws are a threat to public health, experts warn in a "Current Issues" article published online today in theAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine.
"It is well accepted that air pollution has a deleterious impact on personal and public health," write authors Joshua Lipsman, MD, JD, MPH, Immediate Past Chairman, Environmental Health Committee, American College of Preventive Medicine, and Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Drexel University School of Public Health.