Enviro-Health Links - Outdoor Air Pollution
Overview
- Air and Air Pollution
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - Air Pollution
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Air Pollution and Respiratory Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Air Pollution Index
Environment Canada - Air Pollution, Heart Disease and Stroke
American Heart Association - Air Quality Index
AIRNOW.Gov - Evaluating Exposures to Toxic Air Pollutants: A Citizen's Guide
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Mobile Source Air Toxics
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Outdoor Air Quality
American Lung Association® - Respiratory Toxicity and Disease
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Risk Assessment for Toxic Air Pollutants: A Citizen's Guide
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Six Common Air Pollutants
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - The National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - The State of the Air 2007
American Lung Association® - Toxic Air Pollutants
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Glossaries
- Air Quality Glossary
National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. - Glossary of Terms
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Data and Research
Data
- Air Pollutant Emission Trends
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Air Trends
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - AirData: Access to Air Pollution Data
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research
- Link Strengthened Between Lung Cancer, Heart Deaths
and Tiny Particles of Soot, Dust
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Brook RD et al. Air pollution and cardiovascular disease:
a statement for healthcare professionals from the Expert
Panel on Population and Prevention Science of the American Heart Association.
Circulation. 2004 Jun 1;109(21):2655-71. - American Heart Association: air pollution is serious cardiovascular risk
American Heart Association
Law and Policy
- Air Quality and Electricity: Initiatives to Increase Pollution Controls (PDF, 625 KB)
Congressional Research Service Reports - Air Quality Management in the United States (2004)
National Research Council. National Academies Press - Air Quality Planning and Standards
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Particulate Matter Standards Revision - 2006
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Specific Chemicals
Cadmium
- Public Health Statement for Cadmium
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - ToxFAQs™ for Cadmium
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Chlorofluorocarbons - CFCs
- Chlorofluorocarbons - CFCs
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE)
- MTBE in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues (PDF, 350 KB)
Congressional Research Service Reports - ToxFAQs™ for Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Nitrogen Oxide
- Nitrogen Oxide
National Institute of Environmental Health Science - ToxFAQs™ for Nitrogen Oxides
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Ozone
- Ozone
AIRNOW.Gov - Ozone Alerts
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Ozone and Your Patients' Health: Training for Health Care Providers
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Ozone - Summertime Irritation
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Particulate Matter
- National Trends in Particulate Matter Levels
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Particulate Matter
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Particle Pollution and Your Health
AIRNow.Gov
Sulfur Dioxide
- Health and Environmental Impacts of SO2
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Public Health Statement for Sulfur Dioxide
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - SO2 - How Sulfur Dioxide Affects the Way We Live & Breathe
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Sulfur Dioxide
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - ToxFAQs™ for Sulfur Dioxide
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - Toxicological Profile for Sulfur Dioxide
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Sulfur Trioxide
- Public Health Statement for Sulfur Trioxide and Sulfuric Acid
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - ToxFAQs™ for Sulfur Trioxide and Sulfuric Acid
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Tobacco Smoke
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke/Smoking
National Institute of Environmental Health Science
Searches from the National Library of Medicine
PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
- Air Pollution and Illness
- Chlorofluorocarbons
- Lead
- Nitrogen Oxides
- Sulfur Dioxide
TOXLINE - Special journal literature, technical reports and archival collections
- Lead
- Nitrogen Oxides
- Sulfur Dioxide
Hazardous Substances Data Bank - Toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals
ChemIDplus - Chemical identification and structure database
MedlinePlus - Consumer health information
Tox Town - Consumer introduction to environmental health
Portals
Información en Español
- Anhídrido sulfuroso. ToxFAQs
Agencia para Sustancias Tóxicas y el Registro de Enfermedades - Contaminación aérea y Riesgo de Salud
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Contaminación del aire
MedlinePlus. National Library of Medicine - Evaluación de Riesgo para Contaminantes Tóxicos del Aire: Guía de un Ciudadano
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Exposiciones evaluando Contaminantes de Aire Tóxicos: Guía de un Ciudadano
Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos - Óxidos de nitrógeno. ToxFAQs
Agencia para Sustancias Tóxicas y el Registro de Enfermedades - Ozono (PDF, 65 KB)
Departamento de Salud y Servicios para Personas Mayores de New Jersey - Ozono
MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine - Programa para la Prevención del Asma
Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades - Riesgos Ambientales y Efectos en la Salud
Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades - Tox Town en Español
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