Air pollution

The goal of the program is to reduce the amount of air pollution from vehicle emissions. It is also part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s larger goal to make Chicago the most livable, sustainable, and competitive city in the world. According to the program’s website, similar federal programs have increased the number…

(1) Introduction Air pollution is the introduction of particulates, biological molecules, and many harmful substances into the earth’s atmosphere. All these substances are growing threats to human health and natural environment and it is mostly an impact caused by human actions. Since the industrial revolution, the world saw a huge increase in the usage of chemicals and fossil fuels to drive the majority of our energy usage. Pollution levels has only risen since then and have never seen a sign…

Measuring Air Quality Air quality is measured using the Air Quality Index (AQI). Developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the index monitors five major air pollutants and measures the level of health concern these pollutants cause. The index was mandated under the Clean Air Act in 1976, it was originally called the Pollutant Standards Index. The AQI is used internationally. In the United States, all cities with populations larger than three hundred and fifty thousand are required…

Karl Benz was a German man named for creating the first automobile. It was he who created the whole auto industry and I am sure if he could see it now he would be amazed, for it has come a long way since the late 1800. It is speculated that he created his first car around 1885-1886, It would only be a few years later when Charles Edgar Duryea would be the first to manufacture cars in the United States (loc.gov, Everyday Mysteries). Henry Ford would later go on to master the art of production…

The article focuses on ambient air standards, emission standards and ambient air monitoring. States can exceed the standards of the USEPA by creating even more stringent standards. Table 1 shows that many other states have to exceed the USEPA standards and creating their own. ‘‘ In clean air policy, economic pressures have not overwhelmed the state 's’’ ability to det their own environmental…

The Clean Air Act (CAA) is an environmental law made by the U.S. government. This federal law aims at regulating air emissions from stationary sources such as industries and mobile sources such as vehicles. It was established to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) that protects the public health through regulation of emissions that have a hazardous effect on air (Sueyoshi & Goto, 2010). The CAA was established in 1963…

toxic chemicals into the air. Additionally, American citizens, businesses, and institutions produce about 230 million tons of solid waste. Also, according to the U.S government, pollution has impaired 39 percent of the country’s rivers and streams; 45 percent of lakes, reservoirs, and ponds; 51 percent of estuaries; 78 percent of the great lakes shoreline; and 14 percent of ocean shorelines. What do these statistics mean when paralleled to the question of health? Does pollution really affect…

from the environment - air pollution is a huge concern. In Central Florida, apart from the SunRail and Lynx, most of the community members use cars for their means of transportation. With that, it exposes them to perilous agents in air. In fact, it was stated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, that exposure to air pollution can cause numerous effects on human health. World Health Organization (WHO) has identified that with the reduction of pollution air levels it would also…

It created the ability for companies to buy larger quantities of meat for a lesser amount of money. Factory farming also affects the earth’s environment and contributes to global warming by creating fossil fuels, carbon emissions, water and air pollution. A way that people can stop a percentage of global warming is to reduce the animal cruelty that comes with the factory farming industry.…

Are Air pollutants Connect to Birth Defects? Every minute 251 babies are born around the world, which adds up to be 361,481 a day and 130 million a year. Eight million of those babies are born with birth defects two thirds due to unknown causes. My purpose to this research paper is to get an idea on what may be the cause to some of those babies to have birth defects and their relevance and connection to harsh air pollutants that their mothers breath in during their pregnancy. The first…