Environmental Issues: Air Quality & Air Pollution
How is our air quality? And how does poor air quality and air pollution affect life on Earth? Learn about the environmental issues of air quality and air pollution, and what's being done to improve--or worsen--our air quality.
Bush Orders EPA to Weaken New Ozone Standards
On March 13, 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency set new ozone standards that place stricter limits on the release of smog-producing air pollutants that can cause serious health effects and even premature death. But under last-minute pressure from the White House, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson made the standards significantly less restrictive than those recommended by the agency’s scientific advisers.
On March 13, 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency set new ozone standards that place stricter limits on the release of smog-producing air pollutants that can cause serious health effects and even premature death. But under last-minute pressure from the White House, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson made the standards significantly less restrictive than those recommended by the agency’s scientific advisers.
Are You Breathing Dirty Air?
Find out by clicking on this interactive map for a county-by-county breakdown based on the American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report. According to the 2005 report, more than 152 million Americans, 52 percent of the U.S. population, breathe unhealthy air. Are you one of them?
Find out by clicking on this interactive map for a county-by-county breakdown based on the American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report. According to the 2005 report, more than 152 million Americans, 52 percent of the U.S. population, breathe unhealthy air. Are you one of them?
The Air We Breathe
The American Lung Association's State of the Air 2005 report provides detailed information about the two most pervasive air pollutants in the United States: ozone (smog) and particle pollution (soot). Learn more about the health risks and what you can do to reduce them for yourself and your family.
The American Lung Association's State of the Air 2005 report provides detailed information about the two most pervasive air pollutants in the United States: ozone (smog) and particle pollution (soot). Learn more about the health risks and what you can do to reduce them for yourself and your family.
Air Pollution -- More Than Half of U.S. Population Lives in Counties with Unsafe Air
According to the American Lung Association, more than half of all Americans live in counties with unsafe levels of smog and particle pollution, which leads to many lung and respiratory illnesses.
According to the American Lung Association, more than half of all Americans live in counties with unsafe levels of smog and particle pollution, which leads to many lung and respiratory illnesses.
Why Do Heat Waves Make Air Quality Worse?
Air quality during a heat wave not only feels worse, it is worse. Find out how heat waves affect air quality, and what you can do to protect yourself from poor air quality and heat waves.
Air quality during a heat wave not only feels worse, it is worse. Find out how heat waves affect air quality, and what you can do to protect yourself from poor air quality and heat waves.