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Florida's popular vacation destinations with the best air quality. Starting at No. 26 on the MyBioSource.com list is St. Augustine Beach. Here is how there rest of Florida's popular destinations ...
New York and areas to the northeast have fallen victim of the Canadian wildfire smoke before. Now it's Florida's turn.
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Air pollution in Los Angeles has caused widespread concerns. In 2012, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Survey on Californians and the Environment showed that 45% of citizens in Los Angeles consider air pollution to be a "big problem", and 47% believe that the air quality of Los Angeles is worse than it was 10 years ago. [96]
The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to set US National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for the six CAPs. [6] The NAAQS are health based and the EPA sets two types of standards: primary and secondary. The primary standards are designed to protect the health of 'sensitive' populations such as asthmatics, children, and the elderly.
The duties and powers of the commission are set in Section 403 of the Florida Statutes. The ERC was defined as the standard-setting authority for the DER. The role of the ERC was to approve for adoption most standards relating to air pollution, water quality, and waste management.
Much of South Florida, from downtown West Palm Beach to downtown Miami, had poor air quality Tuesday, with some areas classified as in the unhealthy air quality range. “Hazy skies are likely ...
The Air Pollution Control Act was the culmination of much research done on fuel emissions by the federal government in the 1930s and 1940s. Additional legislation was passed in 1963 to better fully define air quality criteria and give more power in defining what air quality was to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.