Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Air" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Air</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> still plagues nearly half of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a>. That does a number on our <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a><br>Report comes as Trump admin is rolling back some key air quality regulations. Air quality across country has improved dramatically since regulations like <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CleanAirAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanAirAct</span></a> in 1970s to govern sources of pollution like <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a>-fired <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/powerplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerplants</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/diesel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diesel</span></a> trucks. In 2023, nearly half of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> -- 156 million -- lived in places heavy in smog or soot pollution that harms health.<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/23/nx-s1-5368131/air-quality-public-health-ozone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/04/23/nx-s1-53681</span><span class="invisible">31/air-quality-public-health-ozone</span></a></p>