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The International Day raises awareness of clean air's importance to health, productivity, the economy, and the natural environment. Doing so demonstrates the connection between air quality and other environmental and developmental challenges, including climate change.
First week in February every year in the United States National Wildlife Week [185] National Dark-Sky Week: Week of new moon in April Bike to Work Week Victoria: National Pollinator Week [186] Third Week in June Mosquito Awareness Week: June 22–28 [187] Plastic Free July [188] July 1–31 National Clean Beaches Week [citation needed] July 1–7
Some air pollution laws include specific air quality standards, such as the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards and E.U. Air Quality Directive, [238] which specify maximum atmospheric concentrations for specific pollutants. Environmental agencies enact regulations which are intended to result in attainment of these target levels.
NAOSH Week serves as an important reminder of the significance of workplace safety and health and offers an opportunity for employers, employees, and safety professionals to come together to promote these values. Before NAOSH Week, ASSP holds a children's "safety-on-the-job" poster contest to teach children about the significance of workplace ...
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. [99]
The theme for 2019 was "Beat Air Pollution". The host nation was China. This theme was chosen as air pollution causes about 7 million premature deaths annually. [49] In Réunion Island, Miss Earth 2018 Nguyễn Phương Khánh from Vietnam delivered her speech during World Environment Day with the theme "How to fight global warming". [50]
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Environmental Scientists research topics such as air pollution, water quality, and wildlife. They also study how human health is affected by changes in the environment. Some requirements for this career are a bachelor's degree with a double major in environmental science and either biology, physics or chemistry.