Sentences with phrase «regulate harmful pollutants»

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In a statement after tonight's vote, Boxer said «the bill has been vastly improved over the original bill, which in my opinion would have been harmful to our families, because it overrode our state laws and set up an ineffective and nonexistent way to regulate most toxic pollutants.»

To recap: Congress passed the Clean Air Act decades ago, which requires the EPA to determine whether certain gases are a «harmful pollutant», a threat to public health, and to regulate them if they are.

Ground - level ozone, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide are all known as criteria air pollutants, regulated by the EPA due to their harmful health effects.