Bush proposal won't help children, health experts say
Submitted on October 30, 2003 - 1:00am.
Brynn Grimley - Fall 2003
WASHINGTON – As Children's Health Month ends, several public health organizations said Thursday that a Bush administration proposal would harm children, not help them.
The groups said the Clear Skies Act doesn't go far enough to reduce pollution from power plants.
“We are currently under an administration that says, ‘No child left behind' for education,” said Barbara Sattler, director of the Environmental Health Education Center at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. “But on the same hand they are promoting an air policy that will leave all children behind.”
The groups said the Clear Skies Act doesn't go far enough to reduce pollution from power plants.
“We are currently under an administration that says, ‘No child left behind' for education,” said Barbara Sattler, director of the Environmental Health Education Center at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. “But on the same hand they are promoting an air policy that will leave all children behind.”
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