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Recent studies show that pollution levels are more severe, and more of a threat to human health, than previously recognized. From what you choose to do in your home and community to influencing policy decisions made by your elected officials, you have many options to help improve air quality.

Learn more from the Rodale.com news archive:

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Asia’s Brown Cloud

What you can do: Tell your legislators to adopt aggressive clean-energy policies and oppose production of new coal-fired power plants.

EPA Launches Eco-Fugitive List

What you can do: If you suspect illegal pollution in your area, grab your camera; contact the EPA’s pollution hotline and your local environmental watchdog group.

Pollution Threatens Road Runners

What you can do: Run early in the day; favor parks or side streets for your runs.

Mass-Produced Chicken Poses Health, Environmental Risks

What you can do: Buy organic chickens from smaller, regional farmers instead of gigantic factory farms.

Traffic Triples Heart Attack Risk

What you can do: Avoid driving during peak traffic hours—especially if you’re at risk for a heart attack.

Ground Ozone Levels Are Poisoning Our Lungs

What you can do: Use hand-powered lawn and garden equipment, and tell your reps you want to see stricter pollution controls for power plants and industrial boilers.

Policy Watch: Food Safety Measures, Tailpipe Emissions, Mountaintop-Removal Permits

What you can do: Channel your worries about human and environmental health into public comments.

Roadway Pollution Stunts Growth of Unborn Infants

What you can do: Get proper prenatal care, and practice air pollution avoidance tactics.

Major EPA Announcement: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Your Health

What you can do: Pressure your elected officials to support clean energy legislation; cut down your own emissions as best you can.

Report: Air Not Fit to Breathe for 60 Percent of U.S. Population

What you can do: Pick up the phone to tell your officials to support clean energy for cleaner air.