On the Internet, locate the website for your state or federal government, and find resources on your state’s or country’s air quality regulations and standards.
Consider the impacts of air quality on the environment, agriculture, the health of humans, and the costs of poor health.
Reflect on how mandating a certain level of air quality improves the environment and the lives of humans.
The Assignment:
Using the WHO site (http://www.who.int/topics/air_pollution/en/ ) and other Internet sources as needed, identify the air quality standards recommended by WHO and by your state or country.
Compose a 2–page essay in which you do the following:
Explain why air quality is important for humans and the environment.
Assess whether your country or state complies with the air quality standards recommend by WHO. Explain any differences you notice between the standards of WHO and those of your country or state.
Comment on whether the WHO standards for pollution have been successful in reducing air pollution in your state or country. If not, what more should be done? If the standards are successful, do you foresee any need in the future to increase or decrease the standards?