Hospital Visits Declined After Sulfur Dioxide Reductions from Louisville-Area Coal Plants

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At a time when the EPA has been attacking the science used to establish federal air pollution regulations, a new study shows how reducing air pollution can achieve speedy and tangible health benefits. Just a year after closing a coal power plant and installing new pollution controls on two others, Louisville, Kentucky, saw 400 fewer hospitalizations related to asthma, the study found.

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