Editing Dust (section)

===Atmospheric===
[[File:Debris netting.JPG|thumb|Tarps and netting are often used to reduce the amount of dust released from [[construction site]]s.]]
Most governmental Environmental Protection Agencies, including the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) mandate that facilities that generate fugitive dust, minimize or mitigate the production of dust in their operation. The most frequent dust control violations occur at new residential housing developments in urban areas. United States federal law requires that construction sites obtain [[planning permission]]s to conduct earth moving and clearing of areas, so that plans to control dust emissions while the work is being carried out are specified. Control measures include such simple practices as spraying construction and [[demolition]] sites with water, and preventing the tracking of dust onto adjacent roads.

Some of the issues include:{{Citation needed|reason=Some of these require support|date=September 2015}}
*Reducing dust related health risks that include [[Allergy|allergic]] reactions, [[pneumonia]] and [[asthma]]tic attacks.
*Improving [[visibility]] and [[road traffic safety]].
*Providing cleaner air, cleaner vehicles and cleaner homes and promoting better health.
*Improving [[agricultural productivity]].{{citation needed|reason=How does controlling dust improve productivity?date=October 2015|date=September 2015}}
*Reducing vehicle maintenance costs by lowering the levels of dust that clog filters, bearings and machinery.
*Reducing driver fatigue, maintenance on [[car suspension]] systems and improving [[fuel economy in automobiles]].
*Increasing [[Cumulative effects (environment)|cumulative effects]]—each new application builds on previous progress.

US federal laws require dust control on sources such as vacant lots, unpaved [[parking lot]]s, and [[dirt road]]s. Dust in such places may be suppressed by mechanical methods,{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} including paving or laying down [[gravel]], or stabilizing the surface with water, vegetable oils<ref name="usroads.com"/> or other [[Dust abatement|dust suppressants]], or by using water misters to suppress dust that is already airborne.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}