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International Business Times UK
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Trump Administration Drops Biden's Clean-Air Rules, Experts Warn of Deadly, Dirty Air

US President Donald Trump participates in the swearing-in ceremony for US Ambassador to China David Purdue, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley) (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is ditching Biden-era rules that tightened limits on fine-particle pollution. This could lead to dirtier air and more premature deaths in the United States, under the Trump administration,

Finalised last year, it was supposed to reduce dangerous particulate matter measuring less than 2.5 micrometres, including soot, which is linked to heart attacks, strokes, respiratory illness, and lung cancer.

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