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On the recordDecember 16, 2014
The current 75 parts per billion ozone standard has been too high since the day it was finalized by the Bush administration back in 2008.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the ozone standard set by the Bush administration as excessively high.

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