Policy Documents

Check The Facts Next Time: Asserted Ozone-Asthma Link Has No Foundation

Dr. Roy Cordato –
October 16, 2002

Over the past several years, particularly during debates over the Clean Smoke Stacks legislation passed by the state legislature during it's 2002 session, the citizens of North Carolina have been told repeatedy that high levels of gorund-level ozone in the state are a significant cause of asthma problems among children.