Clean Air Act

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…

Power of Pollution Everybody knows that there are many different types of pollution, but what people don’t know is how it’s affecting their environment, and themselves. Researchers tend to focus on the types of pollution: air, environmental, sound, light and many more, but not on who and how it affects them. Not only does pollution affect animals and the environment, but it affects humans too. While limitations are put on how much pollution companies are allowed to emit out into the atmosphere,…

requirements for human existence. Other basic components for survival such as eating, drinking, and sleeping are crucial, but without the breath of life and the simple act of inspiration, which fills our lungs and blood with oxygen, nothing becomes more basic and necessary for life. We will be assessing the needs and the issues related to clean air and the respiratory health issue of asthmatic children living in Fresno County. We will assess the local health needs and issues along with verifying…

all the countries working on having cleaner air for their area or cleaner water for their communities to drink. Interdependence of an area allows a country to function on their own and have unique things that makes them their own country or region. These things can also allow their people to survive and prosper in the area they live in. Globalization is what allows the world…

person could have count the number of birds that were heading homes. Suddenly, the wind slightly swept through and whispered through the ears. Took in a deep breath, he or she could sense the taste of fresh air. The mind opened. What a time to be alive. However, time changed. In reality, the air that used to be fresh is now polluted. In particular, those birds that flew across the sky are now dying each day. Watching them die in desperation makes that person feels hopeless about the future,…

People, animals, and even traffic by car, rail, and air came to an abrupt halt as this smog settled on London. Thousands of people and animals were affected by this deadly substance. the smog was thick enough that no one dared go outside. the weather had gotten so bad that even airplanes were grounded for the four days the fog was there. Giant amounts of chemicals that were released into the air from coal burning houses to giant factories and visibility had gone down all the way to barely a…

room visits and hospitalizations (FSNArchive). Air pollution from cars and agricultural industry are major causes of asthma attacks. The disadvantage of air pollution to human’s health can develop asthma for healthy people if they absorb the worst air quality for a long period of time. Air pollution kills more people in the San Joaquin Valley than the homicide. More than 2,200 people have died prematurely over the past two years because of our dirty air. Furthermore, One out of six children who…

security, meaning that if there is not food available at stores then there will always be some in the community garden. An individual will no longer have to entirely rely on stores for fresh produce. Another benefit of community gardens is that it acts as a de-stressing mechanism. There has been numerous of studies that prove that gardening can be extremely healthy. This demonstrates that this method not only helps sustains the environment, but human life as well. Most community gardens are…

Background: Acidic rain or acid deposition is predominantly caused by air pollution. Acid deposition in the form of gasses and microscopic particles, floating in the air, is called dry deposition. However, wet deposition is in the form of precipitation. As a result of chemicals being released from human productions, great amounts of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide are respired into the atmosphere, where rain and gas matter is polluted. Once both sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide come in…

smoke pluming into the air. People also may think of cities that have large amounts of power plants to have haze in the air causing difficult breathing and disease. According to Doniger, “ completed by the Environmental Protection Agency in August, the clean power act will cut carbon pollution from our power plants - the nation's biggest emitters - by nearly a third by 2030 from 2005 levels. It will accelerate the shift from the old and dirty power system of the past to a clean energy future…