Environment:

Air Pollution

Air pollution is one of the most widely recognized and visible environmental health problems. Clear the Air, a collaborative effort of major national environmental groups explains:

"Despite our efforts to combat air pollution over the past thirty years, serious air quality problems remain throughout the nation. Air quality has remained poor and even deteriorated in many parts of the country. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that nearly half our entire population -110 million Americans - breathe and live in areas with unhealthy air. From the aggravation of respiratory problems such as asthma and emphysema to premature death, air pollution is taking its toll on America's health.

Air pollution is also destroying our environment, causing acid rain, ozone damage to trees and crops, mercury contamination, and global warming. Power plants are the number one industrial source of the air pollutants causing these problems. Tackling power plant emissions, especially those from older, more polluting coal-burning plants, is imperative, if we ever want to clear the air."

- Clear the Air [source]

For more information on this and other related issues, visit Clear the Air on the Internet.