The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Introduction The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we live off of has endured a beating over the years due to our everyday choices. We continue to use natural resources that are not safe for our environment. The impacts we make affect all living things, which quite a few of them we use for our meals we put on our plate, from using pesticides, to hormones, to the coal we use to power our factories and oil to run our vehicles. We are putting our mark on the environment and it is not a good one. Nobile (2017), discussed how air pollution is a direct result from our choices and a by-product of how we live each day. We are polluting our air, water and land which impacts our plant and wildlife all over the globe. The damage we are

Such as the Pollution Prevention Law, which has the EPA has programs that can provide information and financial assistance to states that need help to reduce pollutants, the Clean Air Act, which regulates air emissions of hazardous air pollutants, and the ban on aerosol products containing CFCs which were a major cause to depletion of the ozone layer (EPA, 2017). These all have great intentions, yet something more needs to be done, research to replace any products that have the trace of

The fact that the ozone is surrounding the whole planet and we all contribute to the harmful pollution all over the world, coming up with an initiative that will continue to lessen the affects and limit releasing CFCs into the atmosphere. All disciplines of STEM will be needed to make this initiative into reality. There is already a ban on CFCs as an element in any aerosol cans. There needs to be a way to reduce the production of CFCs, coming up with new products that do not use CFC in refrigerators and air conditioners, and how to properly dispose of old or broken ones since the refrigerant and the blowing agent are the creators of CFCs. This is costly, which is what we need to come up with new ways that are cost effective, but help our out environment. There will need to be more strict regulations and banning the use or production of any product that uses CFCs. Using technology, scientific research, and engineering to develop and use non-CFC substitutes and to dispose of old CFC waste in a safe way without releasing it into the