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  AIR QUALITY
         INAMERICA



JOEL M. SCHWARTZ AND STEVEN E HAYWARD


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, pro-
viding scholars, journalists, and policymakers with decades of air pollution data.

Joel M. Schwartz is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Steven E Hayward is the F K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
and the primary author of the annual Index of Leading Environmental Indicators.


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A Dose of Reality on Air Pollution Levels,

             Trends, and Health Risks


ISBN-13 978-0-844?77187-
ISBN-10 a-844?771872

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