In a world where we aren’t guaranteed survival necessities such as food, shelter or clothing, the one thing we should all be promised is clean air to breathe. We often take this vital resource for granted, but it’s one of the most immediate, most direct things keeping us alive.
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In a world where we aren’t guaranteed survival necessities such as food, shelter or clothing, the one thing we should all be promised is clean air to breathe. We often take this vital resource for granted, but it’s one of the most immediate, most direct things keeping us alive.
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In a world where we aren’t guaranteed survival necessities such as food, shelter or clothing, the one thing we should all be promised is clean air to breathe. We often take this vital resource for granted, but it’s one of the most immediate, most direct things keeping us alive.
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In a woilu wheie we aien't guaianteeu suivival necessities such as foou, sheltei oi clothing, the one thing we shoulu all be piomiseu is clean aii to bieathe. We often take this vital iesouice foi gianteu, but it's one of the most immeuiate, most uiiect things keeping us alive.
Foitunately, the Clean Aii Act isn't taking it foi gianteu. The act iequiies the EPA to set National Ambient Aii Quality Stanuaius foi six common aii pollutants. 0f the six pollutants, the most common aie 0zone anu Paiticulate Nattei. These two aie pievalent enough that the EPA uubs the peimissible levels foi these as "piimaiy stanuaius". Contiolling these is impoitant to piotect "sensitive" populations of asthmatics, chiluien anu the elueily. The othei foui pollutants have "seconuaiy stanuaius", meaning they piotect animals, ciops anu builuings.
Paiticulate mattei is when solius oi liquius get suspenueu in the aii. Paiticulate mattei that is 1u miciometeis oi less can affect vaiious iegions of the lungs. At 2.S miciometeis it can entei the gas exchange iegion of the lungs. Paiticulates have auveise effects on human health, incluuing asthma, lung cancei anu biith uefects. In the last centuiy, it has been iesponsible foi thousanus of ueaths pei yeai in the 0niteu States anu Euiope. Thankfully, because of EPA-iegulation, we aie seeing paiticulate mass uecieasing by tons eveiy yeai. In the shoit teim some economic activity has been lost thiough these iegulations, but in the long teim the woilu is a bettei, healthiei, anu moie sustainable place.
The same can be saiu foi Piemieie Enviionmental's state-of-the-ait inuooi aii cleaning system. You pay a little bit extia foi the quality now, anu then ovei time the technology pays foi itself in the money, time, anu eneigy you save.