Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

very hot. According to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Arlington air quality index is moderate. Air Quality Index is an indicator of overall air quality, because it takes into account all of the criteria air pollutants measured within a geographic area. Although this information was not available for the census tract, air pollution index for Arlington scored at 109, Tarrant County at 108, and Texas 95 in comparison to the National average of 100. Although there was no specific…

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency or EPA, “The San Joaquin Valley has some of the nation’s worst air quality, failing to meet federal health standards for both ozone (smog) and particulate pollution. Ground level ozone pollution has a corrosive effect on the lungs which may cause a decrease in lung functions while particulate matter such as soot, can enter…

Introduction Today smog is a visible type of air pollution that appears in a thick, foggy haze in the air. There are many sources where smog come from for example, industrial fumes, vehicle emissions, and even comes from paints and hairsprays. In many cities smog is the culprit from vehicle emissions. Smog can be composed of many other chemical compounds thus coming from many different sources. In this paper there will be a discussion of the harmful impacts of smog and what the United States…

In 2013, air pollution has been characterized by the WHO as the “most widespread environmental carcinogen” (IARC, 2013). For Torontonians, the problem regarding air quality is also a big challenge upfront. Although the overall air quality has been improved for recent years, Toronto still sees over a thousand premature deaths and over three thousand hospitalization due to respiratory diseases every year. (Toronto 's Vital Signs, 2015) Moreover, Dr. David McKeown (2007), Toronto medical officer of…

Pollution No Worse in Israel than in Europe, Ministry Says that the high level of air pollution in Israeli cities is caused mainly by motor vehicles. The high level of air pollution in Israeli cities is caused mainly by motor vehicles, but the air quality isn’t any worse than in large cities in Europe and Canada, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Ministry. Air pollution in Israel has decreased in recent years, according to the report for 2014, the first of its kind in Israel.…

Intro: Consider a math final in a stressful period in high school students’ careers. Due to some freak coincidence, every student in a class has forgotten their pencil--and, every student knows that the more pencils they have, the more they work they can write down for partial credit. A pile of used mechanical pencils sits unregulated in a corner. One student, Dylan, realizes that he can take one of those pencils and get a better grade than others in the class. In fact, he can take as many as he…

The Clean Air Act was enacted in 1963 with its predecessor being the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955. Its predecessor was the first act dealing with pollution in America. The Air Pollution Control Act was mostly do to with monitoring while the new Clean Air Act was the first act aimed at controlling pollution. Throughout the year this act has undergone numerous major revisions, such as the ones in 1970, 1977, and 1990. At first the act was a just for research into techniques for monitoring and…

high productivity, the demand to produce and deliver makes air pollution inevitable. Air pollution is caused by air gasses that emit into the atmosphere, ultimately contaminating the air. The central valley of California is notorious for poor air quality, it has even been referred to as ‘America’s toxic agricultural capital’ (Leslie, 2010). The California Central Valley is greatly focused on agriculture, it is filled with farmers who rely heavily on their crops for income, but is also composed…

combination of natural cases and man- made causes. People now are breathing more toxic air than even before due to all the gases coming from industries and cars. The air people breathe in affects their health, yet many do not know how poor the air quality is. In fact, air pollution contributes significantly to premature death cases around the world (West et al., 2016). There are a lot of people getting lower respiratory infections and people…

Air pollution started getting real noticeable after more and more factors were being built every day. With over 100,000 factores just in Canada you can see why air pollution is a big factor for how are air quality is. This will affect people's health because we will be breathing air that has been contaminated. This can also affect the society because alerts will go out telling people that it's not safe to go outside. It's not just factors that are polluting the air, it's us humans that are…