Atlanta: a wonderful city that has increased in multimedia, population, space, and also air pollution. Atlanta is the capital city of Georgia in the U.S. and is a beautiful city with a lot of places to visit  and a lot of fun things to do, but now the city air is becoming unhealthy and this would affect everyone that lives, visits or moves to the city. Maybe you ask how it would affect people? The answer is that this would increase respiratory diseases, and would create more problems for the people who have respiratory diseases, which means more medicine would be needed for those people. Here is a list of respiratory diseases that can are affected by air pollution: asthma, pulmonary diseases, lung diseases, cancer and chronic illness.

Air pollution in the city of Atlanta is caused by nitrogen oxides and it comes from cars and trucks emissions. Another reason for it is that most of the energy in the state of Georgia comes from nuclear power plants, natural gas, and coal. The air in the city of Atlanta is considered moderate, which means the air is beginning to get worse. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has a health message: Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, which means people with respiratory diseases should avoid going outside for long. The air in the city contains {pm2.5} particles. The city has a 84, which is considered moderate, and it means this affects a lot of people but not all of them. But remember that air pollution would increase if we don’t do anything. If the city has a 101 to 150 reading, it means the air is becoming worse. We hope this doesn’t happen. The city is creating new technology. We can use electric cars to make clean energy or get energy from the sun or water sources to decrease the pollution to have a better city and a better home.

To know other people’s opinions about this problem, The Roswell Sting interviewed Ms. Katz, the teacher for environmental club. She thinks Atlanta is a great city and a young city, with a lot of room with a lot of potential. She also thinks that what is causing this is that Atlanta is not a pedestrian friendly city. Ms. Katz thinks that the city and citizens should be trying to find solutions to solve air pollution. Some solutions she think the city of Atlanta can use are build more options of transportation, like more bike rides, better public transportation, more sidewalks and more options to be a pedestrian friendly city to decrease the amount of cars in the city. Some ways she thinks the school can help is creating solutions to stop using a lot of cars in the city. Finally, she said that Atlanta is a great city with workable solutions.