Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, is a leader
when it comes to keeping the environment and public safe by ensuring complete compliance
with environmental laws and encouraging environmental stewardship. The Ohio EPA
is a state agency aiming to protect Ohio’s health by following Ohio’s
environmental laws and policies. These regulations help the EPA make decisions
about activities that go on throughout the state. Ohio EPA also makes standards
for water, air, waste management, and hazardous substance cleanup. There is one
central office that is located in Columbus and there are district offices
scattered throughout the rest of Ohio. Ohio’s Environmental Protection Agency
does not deal with food safety, pesticide application, or animal feeding
operations. The Department of Health is frequently confused with the EPA because it concerns indoor air pollution, water bacteria levels, and lead
poisoning, which is easily confused with Ohio EPA.
The EPA website offers information regarding different
divisions of the EPA like air pollution control, drinking and ground waters,
and waste management. The website also offers information about current trending
topics like harmful algal blooms, fish consumption, Marcellus, and drinking
water. I really like how there is a section of the website that informs the
reader how to get your vehicle tested, recycle better, waste batteries,
aerosols, appliances, household hazardous wastes and electronics. You can compare different cities and their quality
of air, water and pollution. For example, if you want to see the air quality in
Cincinnati, you can select the “current air quality” map and search for
Cincinnati.
The map on the Ohio EPA website shows that
the AQI is 50. In Cleveland, the AQI is
8. An Air Quality Index ranging between 0 and 50 is considered good. 51 to 100
is moderate, 101 to 200 is unhealthy for sensitive groups, and 201 to 300 is
very unhealthy.
Cleveland’s air quality is much better than Cincinnati’s air
quality
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