Air pollution is a widespread problem that can be hard to contain. Air pollution can cause problems in both humans and animals. Not only that, air pollution can cause changes in climate which can affect our food sources. Air pollution is harmful to the environment and bad for people’s health. This problem needs to be contained.
Many of the things that pollute the air are used by humans daily and at http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/pollution-overview/ it says that car, planes, buses, and many other modes of travel release carbon dioxide into the air which is one of the main components of global warming. Most of the activities that use fossil fuels emit carbon dioxide into the air. Cutting back on emissions of fossil fuels can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide on other greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
A big problem with air pollution is that it can cause asthma attacks. “Asthma is a serious chronic lung disease that appears to be on the rise in, the United States and many other countries around the world. The prevalence of asthma in the U.S. has increased by more than 75% since 1980.” (http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/asthma/asthma.htm). Air pollution hasn’t been linked to causing asthma but has been linked to asthma attacks. Acid rain also is a problem created by air pollution. “Acid rain (or acid deposition, as it's called in technical circles) is produced by the burning of fossil fuels. It is formed when emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides react in the atmosphere with water, oxygen and oxidants to form various acidic compounds. These compounds then fall to the ground in either wet or dry form.” (http://www.cleanairtrust.org/acidrain.html). This acid rain can get into our waterways and pollute the water causing it to be harmful for us and the animals that we use and eat.
None of the problems presented are an easy fix, but in the long run it can be beneficial. Some concerns that may arise are costs to implement new ways to not pollute the air. In the long run you can save money. All the money being spent to take care of people with asthma and people who are becoming sick from polluted water can be put to use in other matters. Water won’t need to be sanitized as many times if acid rain didn’t leak into waterways. If money is put into finding ways to burn less fossil fuels then the United States won’t have to rely on paying for imported fossil fuels and the U.S. could export the new fuel sources to make money. Using less fossil fuels would also cut back on the cost of maintaining crops because of global warming and the unpredictable weather it is causing. Cutting back on the stuff that causes air pollution can be beneficial both physically for the people of the U.S. and possibly the world but also economically. Healthcare won’t have to pay for people who have asthma attacks and people who get sick from polluted water. Alternatives to fossil fuels will greatly reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions and help reduce the damaging effects being done to the atmosphere. Alternatives to fossil fuels could also be exported and potentially make the U.S. and other countries money. Cutting back on these things is beneficial and helpful to almost everyone. Air Pollution is bad and should be stopped or reduced as much as possible.

http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/asthma/asthma.htm http://www.cleanairtrust.org/acidrain.html http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/pollution- overview/