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Air Quality in America: A Dose of Reality on Air Pollution Levels, Trends, and Health Risks Paperback – Illustrated, December 17, 2007

by Joel M. Schwartz (Author), Steven F. Hayward (Author)

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Polls consistently show that most Americans believe air pollution has been getting worse and will continue to worsen in the future. Recent data, however, suggest just the opposite: Air pollution levels have been dropping for decades and will continue to do so in the years to come.

The disconnect between public perception and reality is due in part to misleading, high-profile reports on air pollution by environmental activists, which consistently inflate current air pollution levels while downplaying favorable trends in air quality. Activists believe that air pollution will rise dramatically in the future unless the federal government enacts aggressive new regulations.

Air Quality in America shows in detail how activists have distorted the record on air pollution and offers an alternative analysis of air pollution levels, trends, and prospects in metropolitan areas across the United States. Schwartz and Hayward examine key air pollution issues, including inflated accounts of pollution-related health risks and the negative effects of inaccurate emission inventories on policy choices.

Clearly understanding the data on air pollution in America must be the first step toward formulating sound policies for the future. This book is a unique resource, providing scholars, journalists, and policymakers with decades of information on air pollution

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December 17, 2007
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6.08 x 0.88 x 9.01 inches
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0844771872
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978-0844771878
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Joel M. Schwartz is a visiting fellow at AEI.

Steven F. Hayward is the F. K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at AEI and the primary author of the annual Index of Leading Environmental Indicators.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aei Press; Illustrated edition (December 17, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 275 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0844771872
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0844771878
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.08 x 0.88 x 9.01 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,997,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,258 in Environmental Pollution Engineering
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Disappointed since did not notice publication date was 2007. A bid old.

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2011

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This book is a thoughtful, well-reasearched discussion on the need for more dialogue on a topic that affects our lives today and our children. The subject is often seen sa too wonk-ish or full of boring details and hard to undestand terms. The author does a great job of starting the dialogue that of this vital quality of life issue.

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Be warned that this book has a political agenda. It is written and published by the American Enterprise Institute, a right-wing think tank in Washington, DC.

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A Bubble of Fresh Air in a Sea of Alarmism

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Joel Schwarz and Steve Hayward have put together a solid evidence-based book that penetrates so much of the interest-group politics that passes for environmental science - and journalism - these days.

If people knew how much our air quality has improved over the past 30 years, they'd be stunned; not only by the gains, but by how the media have created a perpetual bad-news narrative built on spurious air quality standards designed to keep EPA bureaucrats in jobs. (Call them: asymptotic air quality standards.)

Anyone serious about the gains the US has made in air quality should read this book. It's, well, a breath of fresh air.

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