reply to post in 300 words with AMA format citations. Its due by 11:30p EST today. Let me know and I will post for handshake. My post: The Clean Air Act was enacted in the United States in the year 1970 led by the then President Nixon. The reason for signing the legislation is the fact that it would assist the country by putting it on a path that would make it easy to ensure clean air, water and also the open spaces for the better of future generations in America. In my opinion, I feel that the Clean Air Act has been successful. One of the reasons why I view the act as a success in the American is that twenty years after its implementation, the legislation has helped to cut down more than 18 million cases associated with the respiratory diseases and 200,000 premature deaths. According to the reports that have been released in the country by Lisa Jackso
n, the administrator of the EPA, the benefits that are associated with the implementation of the Clean Air Act exceeds the costs that have been incurred in the regulation by more than forty times (Lesser, 2015). The other way in which the Clean Air Act has been a success is that it has helped in the protection of human health. This is as a result of the toughening of the standards that relate to emission for the most toxic pollutants by President George Bush in 1990. The legislation has also been a success in the sense that it has assisted in the growth of the economy. As a result of reducing the instances of the illnesses and protecting the health of the people, they end up saving capital which can be used for other activities such as investments that can boost the economic growth of the country. Lesser, W. (2015). . Abingdon, Oxon New York: Routledge.