Clean Air Act

The Clean Air Act of 1963, began because of the horrendous event during October 1948. When Donora, Pennsylvania had a thick cloud of air pollution formed above their industrial town. Which had killed 20 people and sickened around 6,000 people. The Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate air pollutants in order to protect public health and welfare. It has protected us the people for four decades, by curbing air pollution. It was the first federal legislation to actually pertain to "controlling" air pollution was the Clean Air Act of 1963. Ways that us the people could reduce air pollution, at home you could conserve energy and recycle; buying smart you could choose products that have less packaging and are reuseable, last buy rechargeable batteries for those devices used frequently.