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Why was it important to establish the Clean Air Act?

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Answered by nandini3741
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Clean Air Act (CAA), U.S. federal law, passed in 1970 and later amended, to prevent air pollution and thereby protect the ozone layer and promote public health. The Clean Air Act (CAA) gave the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the power it needed to take effective action to fight environmental pollution.

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Answered by krishnaanandsynergy
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The Clean Air Act provides the Environmental Protection Agency with the tools it needs to safeguard our families from a variety of dangerous pollutants that can cause asthma and lung illness in children.

About Clean Air Act:

  • The Clean Air Act is the major federal air quality law in the United States, to reduce and control air pollution across the country.
  • It was initially passed in 1963 and has been changed several times since then. It is one of the United States' first and most impactful modern environmental laws.
  • The Clean Air Act provides the Environmental Protection Agency with the tools it needs to safeguard our families from a variety of dangerous pollutants that can cause asthma and lung illness in children.
  • Weakening these regulations will let more pollution into the air we breathe, endangering the health of our children.
  • The Act calls for the establishment of a national air pollution management program centered on pollution avoidance, as well as the promotion of mass media communication to raise social awareness and active involvement in air quality planning and monitoring.

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