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Clean air is a priority for the Government of Canada. Human health and well-being depend on the quality of our air. Clean air is in fact essential to the health and survival of everything that lives on the planet. See what is currently being done to help address air pollution, smog, and acid rain and learn about the ozone layer and various programs related to air and atmospheric quality.

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Clean Air
This comprehensive Web site brings together information on air pollution and its effects on the environment and human health.

National Pollutant Release Inventory
Want to know if pollutants are being released in your community? Search this database and find information about approximately 300 pollutants that are affecting the environment, a by-product of Canadian industries.

Acid Rain
A site on acid rain, its effects on ecosystems and human health, and what is being done to help remedy the situation. Take the time to visit the Kid's Corner and try some fun experiments!

Ozone
Your link to information on the ozone layer and its depletion, health and environmental effects, international efforts and regulations.

*** Find out more about the phase-out of metered-dose inhalers that use chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as propellants in an EnviroZine article.

The Experimental Studies Division of the Meteorological Service of Canada
Check out this web site from the division at Environment Canada that measures what is happening in the stratosphere, including the ozone layer. Visit the library of daily updated ozone layer maps, from 1970 to the present.

The Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative (GBEI) - Clean Air
Poor air quality compromises the health of the residents of the Georgia Basin (British Columbia). Find out, through the GBEI, how air pollution can be fought in a way to support healthy and dynamic communities and ecosystems.

*** Take the time to visit our Publications page, where you will find newsletters, fact sheets and other types of publications related to air issues!


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