Politically appointed U.S. environmental officials last year overruled concerns of career scientists about air pollution in a Wisconsin county where U.S. President Donald Trump has pushed for a factory to be built by Foxconn Technology Co, newly released internal emails show. Trump has been a supporter
1 / 2FILE PHOTO: Trump visits Foxconn in WisconsinFILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a groundbreaking with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou during a visit to Foxconn's new site in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueBy Timothy Gardner
But Racine County has suffered some of the state's worst cases of smog, also known as ozone, pollution that causes premature deaths from lung and heart complications. "My background is in air pollution health effects and more specifically on acute exposures, so for me personally this is hard to digest and support," Lars Perlmutt, an EPA scientist, wrote to colleagues in an April email last year about pressure to make the exemption, one of the emails shows.
"These emails show is that the political leadership appeared to be injecting itself in this process in a way that's contrary to having fact-based decisions," said Janet McCabe, head of air quality at the EPA under former President Barack Obama.
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