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Air pollution comes from many different sources: factories, power
plants, dry cleaners, cars, buses, trucks, and even windblown dust
and wildfires. Air pollution can threaten the health of all living
things. It also damages the ozone layer and can erode buildings
and lead to soil and water pollution. Search this site for information
on air pollutants, strategies for reducing indoor and outdoor air
pollution, and current data on air pollution levels in your community.
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A Citizens
Guide to Radon
The complete guide to taking action to lower the radon level in your home.
It offers strategies for radon testing and discussions of the steps to take
after you have tested. You'll learn about the risk of radon, as well as radon
myths.
www.epa.gov/iaq/radon/pubs/citguide.html
AIRNOW
Get up-to-the-minute information about air pollution in your community. Includes
maps, forecasts, and information about the health effects of air pollution.
www.epa.gov/airnow
Air
Pollution, What's the Solution? 
This site offers a comprehensive internet-based curriculum unit on ground level
ozone. Projects use online real time data to guide your discovery of the causes
and effects of ground level ozone.
www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/lessonscore1.html
Easy Breathers
Pollution emissions from transportation are a major ingredient in global warming,
stratospheric ozone depletion, asthma, ground-level ozone (a.k.a., smog) formation
and other problems. We're responsible for these emissions. The way we choose
to get around today impacts our world tomorrow - the land, the water, and the
air. A group of high school students, teachers, and a professional video crew
got together to produce this site. So check it out, already!
http://www.easybreathers.org/
Environmental
Atlas
This site offers an online environmental map collection, links to other important
collections, and information to help you understand environmental quality maps,
mapping, and environmental information.
www.epa.gov/ceisweb1/ceishome/atlas
Air Quality Status and Trends
This brochure highlights the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's most recent evaluation of status and trends in our nation's air quality. The most recent report dates from 2002.
http://www.epa.gov/air/airtrends/
Nature Net
Provides detailed materials about air pollution and other environmental issues
related to the National Park Service.
www.nature.nps.gov
The Inside
Story
Questions about indoor air quality? This page provides basic facts about pollutants
found inside our buildings and homes.
www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/insidest.html
Your
Car and Clean Air (PDF 3pp 69K About PDF )
A fact sheet that answers some common questions about reducing emissions from
private vehicles--cars are a major source of air pollution in the United States.
(EPA 420-F-93-002)
www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/18-youdo.pdf
Zip Code Search
Get specific environmental information about your neighborhood by entering
your zip code on this site.
www.epa.gov/epahome/comm.htm
Acid Rain Source
Book
This site is a student source book on acid rain, including information on the
causes and effects of acid rain and how to measure it. Science experiments
and things you can do to learn more about acid rain are also included.
www.epa.gov/airmarkets/acidrain
Air
Pollution, What's the Solution?
This site offers a comprehensive internet-based curriculum unit on ground level
ozone. Projects use online real time data to guide your discovery of the causes
and effects of ground level ozone.
www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/lessonscore1.html
Environmental
Effects of Acid Rain
Fact sheets that define acid rain, its causes, and its effects on our planet.
www.epa.gov/airmarkt/acidrain/effects
El Niņo and La
Niņa
From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration comes general information
and forecasts for El Niño and La Niña, as well as discussions
of their differences and impacts.
www.elnino.noaa.gov
www.elnino.noaa.gov/lanina.html
Global
Warming/Climate Change
All about global warming -- what it is, what it can do, and what's being done
about it.
yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content
Air Quality Status and Trends
This brochure highlights the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's most recent evaluation of status and trends in our nation's air quality. The most recent report dates from 2002.
http://www.epa.gov/air/airtrends/
NOAA Education Web Site
Explore this site to find the information you need about weather, climate change,
and oceans. You'll find activities, background information, and much more!
www.education.noaa.gov
Ozone Depletion
This page has links to overview discussions and detailed answers to many questions
about specific aspects of ozone depletion.
www.epa.gov/ozone/science/
Ozone: Good
Up High, Bad Nearby
Ozone acts as a protective layer high above the Earth, but it can be harmful
to breathe. This publication provides basic information about ground-level
and high-altitude ozone.
www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/gooduphigh
Sunwise
Do you know how to protect yourself from the sun? Here's what to do and why
it's important.
epa.gov/sunwise
Smog City
Visit Smog City, an interactive air pollution simulator, where your choices,
environmental factors, and land use contribute to air pollution. You're in
control so your visit can be a healthy or unhealthy experience depending
on the decisions you make.
www.smogcity.com/welcome.htm
The Ultraviolet
Index
Several publications explaining the Ultraviolet Index and steps you can take
to minimize the risks from overexposure to the sun's rays. Each is available
for reading online and downloading.
www.epa.gov/sunwise/uvindex.html
Air Graphics Zip Code
Locator
The AirData Web site gives you access to air pollution data for the entire United
States. Want to know the highest ozone level measured in your state last year?
Ever wonder where air pollution monitoring sites are located? Are there sources
of air pollution in your town? You can find out here! AirData produces reports
and maps of air pollution data based on criteria that you specify.
epa.gov/air/data
AIRNOW
Get up-to-the-minute information about air pollution in your community. Includes
maps, forecasts, and information about the health effects of air pollution.
www.epa.gov/airnow
Clean
Air Act
This site provides the full text of the Clean Air Act, the comprehensive Federal
law that regulates air emmissions from area, stationary and mobile sources.
www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/caa.htm
Environmental
Atlas
This site offers an online environmental map collection, links to other important
collections, and information to help you understand environmental quality maps,
mapping, and environmental information.
www.epa.gov/ceisweb1/ceishome/atlas
Air Quality Status and Trends
This brochure highlights the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's most recent evaluation of status and trends in our nation's air quality. The most recent report dates from 2002.
http://www.epa.gov/air/airtrends/
Nature Net
Provides detailed materials about a variety of environmental issues related
to the National Park Service.
www.nature.nps.gov
The
Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act
A clearly written guide to the Federal law that helps protect the air we breathe.
www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/peg_caa/pegcaain.html
Zip Code Search
Get specific environmental information about your neighborhood by entering
your zip code on this site.
www.epa.gov/epahome/comm.htm
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