I used to cover a committee down South that made monthly reports to the county commission about air quality issues. The town had several factories in it - including a paper factory and a corn syrup factory. A lot of people had moved to the area to retire from colder climates, hadn't been sick, and after a few years were developing adult-onset asthma and cancer. That was several years ago, and those people were excited about the possibility of EPA finally getting off dead center after so many years and naming standards for air pollution. These were people who realized it wasn't going to happen during the Bush administration - but they had hopes whoever came next might be more accepting of the idea that businesses will not regulate themselves to benefit mere human beings' health at the expense of some profits.

Apparently not.