Critically examines the EPA's new stricter standards for levels of particulate matter and ozone. Argues that the EPA's scientific studies and reasoning are flawed. Suggests that allowing the standards to go through will allow the EPA unwarranted expansion of its regulatory power at the cost of farmers and ranchers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Michael Fumento, a noted science correspondent and author, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. His commentaries have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and other newspapers. He has lectured on science and health issues throughout the world. His television appearances include ABC's "Good Morning America," "NBC Nightly News," "Crossfire," "MacNeil Lehrer," and "Donohue."
He was the 1994 Warren T. Brookes Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a fellow with Consumer Alert, and a science writer for Reason magazine. He is also the author of The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS (Basic Books, 1990; rev. ed. Regnery Gateway, 1993), Science Under Siege (Morrow, 1993), and The Fat of the Land (Viking, 1997).