The Clean Air Act

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The Clean Air Act

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The Clean Air Act

The clean air act is the federal law in United States that was made to ensure that all the citizens in America have safe and fresh air for breathing . This act was passed in the year 1990 with its amendment done in 1977

Despite the law protecting the health of the American citizens it also protects the environment by ensuring that the environment is fit for other

human activities . The act works by ensuring that the Environmental Protection Agency in United States comes up with standard of health based air quality which protects the environment against the common pollutants . The common pollutants that the air act deals with are the carbon monoxide , nitrogen dioxide , sulfur dioxide , particulate soot and lead . The United States government has set up some plans to meet the standards of health within a specified period of time . There have been some problems on meeting the health standards in those areas where the smog is worst . The environmental protection agency on the clean air act has come up with national standards to control other sources of pollution such tracks and automobiles (Goklany , 1999 ,

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To some extend this act has been successful but faced with various challenges . The public health and the cleanness of the air have improved to a certain percentage . The emission of the gases such as sulfur dioxide has gone down by 35 percent...