Did You Know?

	Each day, a person breathes about 35 pounds of air and takes about 20,000 breaths!	Taking a bus, bicycling and walking are great options for getting where you need to go instead of in a car.
	Making new aluminum cans from recycled cans reduces air pollution by 95%.	In Spokane, cars emit about 116 tons of invisible carbon monoxide into our air every day.
	In Spokane, driving on unpaved dirt roads contributes to our dust pollution problem.	Recycling paper results in a 75% reduction in air pollution.
	More than 70% of toxic air pollutants in our state come from automobiles and wood burning.	To reduce air pollution,we should compost our leaves and grass clippings instead of burning them.
	A 3% to 5% reduction in the earth’s protective ozone layer is detected each winter.	A smokey chimney means the fire is not burning cleanly.
	When inhaled, fine particles (mostly from dust and smoke) enter our lungs and over time can damage lung tissue.	Heating with wood contributes to more than 80% of the pollution in the Spokane area during the winter.
	Getting a regular tune-up for your car helps reduce air pollution.	30% of all personal auto mileage is from driving back and forth to work.