Identify if the statement is True or False.

(2pts)

1. Air pollution is now under control and will not be a problem in the future.

2. Air pollution is severe only industrialize areas.

3. Vehicles cause the greatest amount of air pollution.

4. Air pollution can be of artificial or natural origin.

5. In developing a control strategy, compliance and enforcement programs must include.

6. If someone has asthma, he/she should avoid being outside when the air quality index is 51-100.

7. Air Quality Index is a number used to indicate the severity of air pollution in a given region.

8. Hazardous pollutants are those pollutants for which air quality standards have been devised.

9. Ozone in the environment is beneficial at high altitudes. 10. NO, is the most harmful pollutant.

II. ESSAY: Explain thoroughly. (10pts)

1. Emissions from a nuclear power generating facility pose a unique set of problems for local health
officials. Radioactive materials are included in the list of hazardous air pollutants.

(a) What
precautions

would you

take if

you

were

with

protecting the air quality of nearby residents? (b) Develop sample town ordinances to improve the
quality of air.

2. Assume you live in a small town that has two stationary sources of air pollution: a laundry/dry
cleaning establishment and a regional hospital. Automobiles and front porches in the town have a habit
of turning black literally overnight. What air laws apply in this situation, and given that they presumably
are not being enforced. how would you: (a) determine if, in fact, ambient or emissions standards or both
were being violated and, if either was, (b) advise the residents to respond to see that the laws are
enforced?

3. Is air pollution mainly a local problem or can it travel long distances?