Air pollution is a major problem that can ruin an entire city’s, let alone the world’s, health very rapidly. It can cause heart and respiratory illnesses such as asthma in children and elderly in significant numbers. However it is not only a health hazard. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, air pollution  can also damage trees, crops, other plants, lakes, animals, buildings, monuments, and statues. Needless to say, clean air needs to be a top priority.

In the U.S. Congress passed the Clean Air Act, giving the federal government authority to clean up air pollution in this country. Other countries, China for example, do not have the current needed efforts to compete with the rising pollution dominating their most industrialized cities. The rates of asthma and other illnesses have soared over the last few decades. Fortunately political and nonprofit efforts have managed to curb the increase in pollution which is a good start to solving the problem. One particular nonprofit effort to combat air pollution in China is called Greenpeace East Asia to where you can donate or find more information of their efforts here.