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 * The Healthy Air and Clean Water Act H.R. 3989**

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 * Bill Sponsor**- John McHugh is the bill sponsor, he is a Republican from New York.


 * History-** Sense the industrial revolution in the late 1800s. Factories have been dumping their waste chemicals into the enviornment. Carbon Dioxide, Sulfer, and Mercury are some on the main released chemicals that cause damage to plants and contaminate water. In the past couple years we have figured out how much harm these chemicals can have on us and it has been required of these factories to lower their emissions. That is where this bill comes in.

Purpose of this Bill?- To amend the Clean Air Act to reduce mercury, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide emissions, and for other purposes. On average most adults breathe roughly 35 pounds of air per day, or around 20,000 breaths, and children breathe almost twice that amount, as they are smaller and still developing their respiratory systems. More air enters the body and the bloodstream than any other substance.
 * Who this affects?**-This Bill would affect everyone on this planet. Right now our country is the largest contributer of pollution in the world. This bill would help to not only clean up our country, but our entire world would benefit everyone in the world. Thats a positive impact, the other is negative. The bill would also affect industrial factories that burn large amounts of coal or use a lot of unclean energy. This won't always be negative though, once these factories change how they work and run, they will be able run at the same price they had before. They would only be hurt by the original high prices.

DDMG. "110th congress 1st session H.R. 3989." __The Orator__. 2008. DDMG. 10 Dec. 2008 . [|http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/109th/ny.htm] [|http://www.flickr.com/photos/59303791@N00/113798188/] by heavens gate (John) http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179929808/ by [|**The Library of Congress**]
 * Bibliography**: Dirkson Congressional center. "Clean Air and Healthy Water Act." __Congress Link__.  2006. 2 Dec. 2008 .
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