Now that Scott Pruitt is director of the Environmental Protection Agency I have great fear about the future of our environment and the health of all of us. As he takes away multiple protections against having clean water and clean air, more and more people are going to suffer and die. The children and adults with asthma and those with respiratory problems will be the first to suffer. Asthma cases are already increasing. By drilling on public lands and polluting the air, more and more people will feel the effect of what he is doing. Trump, too, is to blame because he does not want the words"Climate Change" used in any government papers or on any agency website. Not even the terrible hurricanes and damage they did has apparently penetrated the minds of these two. I hope that in the 2018 election that Americans get rid of the Republicans who support what is going on.
Doctors, parents and grandparents need to start speaking out and insist that Mr. Pruitt stop what he is doing. How anyone could be so blind to science is beyond my understanding. When Los Angeles was having such a terrible battle with smog, I was a resident at Los Angeles' Children's Hospital. It was very painful to see the little children with asthma come in struggling to breathe. Fortunately, California and Los Angeles put a lot of restrictions on the polluters and now Los Angles does not have the problems it did then. However, I suspect things will get worse if Mr. Pruitt has his way.