An Interview with Kate Bonzon, EDF’s Senior Manager of the Catch Shares Design Center
| EPA to Improve Ozone Standards The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing the strictest health standards to date for smog. Smog, also known as ground-level ozone, is linked to a number of serious health problems, ranging from aggravation of asthma to increased risk of premature death in people with heart or lung disease. Ozone can even harm healthy people who work and play outdoors. The agency is proposing to replace the standards set by the previous administration, which many believe were not protective enough of human health. Ozone pollution is created when chemicals from cars, power plants, and factories mix with sunlight. That’s why ozone tends to be higher in sunnier climates or during hot weather. It is a main part of smog, that brownish-yellow haze sometimes seen hanging over cities on the horizon. |
| An Interview with Kate Bonzon, EDF’s Senior Manager of the Catch Shares Design Center Passionate. Dedicated. Those words describe each of the professionals in the Oceans program at Environmental Defense Fund. |