They combined that personal data with home air-quality data in order to study the link between chronic exposure to air pollution and mortality. Mr. Pruitt laid out his plans for the new transparency policy in an interview last week with The Daily Caller, a conservative news site. The proposal is based on legislation named the Honest and Open New E.P.A. Science Treatment Act, also known as the Honest Act, a bill sponsored by Representative Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican. “Our citizens have a right to see the data that the E.P.A.

Source: New York Times March 26, 2018 22:44 UTC