The movie stated the Environmental Protective Agency (EPA) has been around since the late 60’s and early 70’s getting its start with the passing of the Clear Air Act of 1967. People expressed that they didn’t like dirty air and dirty skies, even though in the early mindset is was considered to be the evidence of prosperity. The EPA started experimenting and data gathering on the effects of pollution, acid rain being one of the first to be targeted in the 70’s and 80’s. After looking at more recent data the EPA realized that particle pollution being a problem, even though the skies were cleaned up visually the danger was still there. The data showed that the smaller the particles the more dangerous, and that people that lived in urban areas
