In 2023 a number of national medical and health organizations like the American Lung Association wrote to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to assert that the proposed Copper Rule wasn't stringent enough in reducing emissions from the AZ smelters. The Copper Rule was nonetheless passed by the Biden Administration - then suspended by Trump for "National Security" reasons.
Here's another article about that.
Oh, here's an even more interesting article from the industry side of things about the US Copper Rule and its exemption: Trump Reverses Biden’s Copper Smelter Emissions Standards in 2025
This is their 2023 letter, which details the harm already experienced by our neighbors with the San Carlos Apache Community. Had the EPA and the Trump administration listened to these folks, Miami, AZ kids would have been even more protected from lead poisoning then under the Clean Air Act.
Am posting this as an example of good community advocacy, we need to build networks of support too.
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