AIR POLLUTION FACTS
Here are some important facts about air pollution in the US from the EPA:
• The average household consumes 10,000
kWh of electricity per year. The amount of air pollution resulting from that amount of electricity is over 11,200 lbs. of air
pollutants. Each year!
• Power generation from fossil fuels is responsible for 63% of sulfur dioxide,
22% of nitrogen oxides, and 37% of mercury released into the environment!
• Air pollution can also adversely affect your personal health through asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema and other respiratory and cardiovascular ailments.
• Air pollution caused by power plants & car emissions can also reduce visibility through haze: