An Inclusive Litany

4/5/99

A Washington State environmentalist group, Save Our Summers, sued the state department of ecology, alleging that it violated the state's clean air act by reaching a voluntary agreement with wheat growers to cut pollution from field burning, rather than invoke the law's various mandates. The group claims the voluntary agreement is too lenient, and that agricultural burning is a major source of air pollution that puts human health at risk, especially people with respiratory disorders.