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The combination of nitric acid and sulfuric acid deposits in the mountain ranges in the Northeast
has created a hot spot for pH levels. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA sets limits on how much
of a pollutant can be in the air anywhere in the United States. This ensures that all Americans
have the same basic health and environmental protections. The law allows individual states to
have stronger pollution controls, but states are not allowed to have weaker pollution controls
than those set for the whole country. According to the map, even though the Clean Air Act has helped reduce acid rain, it is still a prevalent problem. Emissions need to be reduced further in order to save our environment. It needs to be taken care of at a national level, for the states at fault are not the states that are receiving the most brutal impact. The Northeastern states and mountain ranges are being damaged by mid-western pollutants because the typical wind pattern in the United States blows from west to east.
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