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Junk Science on Soot: Flawed Study Can’t Justify Clean Smokestacks Bill

posted on in Health Care & Human Services, Spending & Taxes

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association alleges a significant increase in lung cancer risk for those exposed to high-levels of particulate matter, commonly called soot. In North Carolina, the news media and others have cited the study to boost support for the proposed Clean Smokestacks bill. But according to expert analysis, the study is so flawed that it should have been rejected by the journal. Moreover, it does not establish a case for new regulation.

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