Polls routinely find that most Americans believe air pollution has been getting worse, will worsen in the future, and is still a serious threat to health. The reality is just the opposite: air pollution has been dropping for decades, will continue to do so, and has become a minor factor...

Air Quality in America rebuts mistaken perceptions that U.S. air quality is bad by documenting marked improvements over the past decades.

Schwartz and Hayward offer an alternative analysis of air pollution levels, trends, and prospects in metropolitan areas across the United States.

The Environmental Protection Agency's forthcoming designation of more than 300 counties as "non-attainment" areas for the new ozone air-quality standard is bound to raise public concern that air pollution is getting worse and that it presents a significant health threat. In addition, spring is a time when advocacy groups release...

Air Quality in America: A Dose of Reality on Air Pollution Levels, Trends, and Health RisksBy Joel M. Schwartz and Steven F. HaywardAEI Press, 2007,...

The "Reagan Revolution," as its most fervent proponents called it, explored the potential for, and discovered the limits of, conservative reform of modern government. While Reagan enjoyed many political successes and made enduring changes to some areas of policy, he also failed or fell short in several of his chief...

Even air pollution levels far higher than any we experience in the United States are perfectly safe. Thenation's air does not cause adverse health effects.

Though air quality continues to improve, those gains have come at the cost of devoting resources to creating administrative requirements, rather than reducing pollution.