air pollution

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What has/is the government done/doing and what could we as the general public to do improve our air quality?

With the great concern surrounding the destruction of the earth's atmosphere due to air pollution, the immediate and direct harm caused to the human body is often over shadowed. While many are aware that our careless use of hazardous chemicals and fossil fuels may leave the planet uninhabitable in the future, most over look the fact that they also cause real damage to the air we breathe in at this moment. Such pollutants cause damage to our respiratory system, as the concentration in the air is too high. If you breathe dirty air, you are more likely to develop health problems and become ill. Plants and animals need clean air too. A lot of the things that make our lives more comfortable such as cars, electricity and heating; create bad gases which make the air dirty. The problem of air pollution started with the burning of coal in homes and factories. Dirty air is called 'polluted air'. Some of us get asthma which can be caused by pollution. Air quality is affected in many ways by pollution. The Earth's atmosphere consists