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When regulators denied Oracle's pipeline permits, the tech giant canceled its massive natural gas power plant and chose cleaner fuel cell technology instead. The switch will cut Project Jupiter's annual emissions by 30 percent.
Americans today have 100 times less lead in their bodies than their great-grandparents did, thanks to environmental regulations that transformed public health. Hair samples spanning a century reveal one of the most dramatic pollution success stories ever documented.
Scientists analyzed a century of human hair samples and found lead levels dropped 100-fold after the EPA banned leaded gas in the 1970s. This remarkable study proves environmental regulations can transform public health within a single generation.
Scientists analyzed nearly a century of human hair samples and discovered lead levels dropped 100-fold after the EPA banned leaded gasoline in the 1970s. The study proves environmental regulations work when we need that reminder most.