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With the recent tightening of air quality standards as mandated by the U.S. EPA, has come great pressure on regulatory bodies at all levels of government, along with the industries and groups affected by these standards, to better assess the hazards and risks that result from air pollutants. Risk Assessment and Indoor Air Quality carefully ties together the tools and methodologies of Risk Assessment to the study of indoor air quality.This informative text takes a look at the problem of long-term exposure to low-level concentrations of toxins. In addition tocommonly found toxins, such as chemical fumes from furnishings and carpeting, and indoor use of pesticides, this unique volume discusses risks associated with exposure to indoor allergens and infectious disease pathogens such as Legionnaires Disease.Because few scientific models exist for understanding the dynamics of indoor air quality, Risk Assessment and Indoor Air Quality is an essential resource for all students and professionals involved evaluating, testing and monitoring indoor air quality. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Regulation, published by Cato Institute on June 22, 2004. The length of the article is 6077 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The EPA's risky reasoning: recent revisions to the air quality standards show a worrisome misuse of science.(Environment)(Environmental Protection Agency)
Author: Cary Coglianese
Publication: Regulation (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2004
Publisher: Cato Institute
Volume: 27Issue: 2Page: 16(7)

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4th Edition. Covers IAQ/HVAC evaluation, management, and control; standards, dilution ventilation calculations, troubleshooting, and more. 21 chapters, 7 charts, 9 forms, 29 checklists. US/SI units.Home study courses based on the workbook are also avaiable from IVE and other sources. See workbook for detailed information. ... Read more

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Principles of Air Quality Management presents the fundamental principles that make up the broad field of air quality, pollution, and management. It is intended for those who have a general interest in the field, as well as those who have been involved in possibly only one or two of the specific aspects of air quality management. The book provides an understanding of the principles that govern our ability to manage air quality resources. It brings together in one volume current information on clean fuels, control technology, health effects, regulations, indoor air quality, global concerns, sources of criteria and hazardous air pollutants, atmospheric dispersion and modeling, air quality standards, risk assessments of air toxics, and trends. Beginning with the make-up of air and definitions of air and air pollution, this book outlines the history of air quality management, discussing emissions, standards, classifications of pollutants, and the production of secondary air pollution or photochemical smog.The discussion continues with the health effects of air pollutants and those that are considered toxic or hazardous, and the effects of those contaminants on the human body. Air pollutant damage to materials and vegetation, the standards of acceptable air quality from a health impacts outlook, and the techniques for measuring air quality are also reviewed.Air contaminant sources are approached from anthropogenic, geogenic, and biogenic viewpoints. From local, regional, and global perspectives, the book examines how contaminants are dispersed between sources and receptors. From these studies, an evaluation is made of the different models used to calculate dispersion and of the models used to predict ambient air quality. Federal laws and regulations, as well as regional perspectives, are summarized and evaluated. Control technologies available for both stationary sources and mobile sources are reviewed. From these sources, management options for limiting emissions and optimizing air pollutant strategies are analyzed. Also included is the latest data from the Auto/Oil Program on the impact of fuel reformulation on engine tailpipe emissions, the conclusions of the MECCA group on global warming, the findings of the California Healthy Building Pilot Study on indoor air quality, and the requirements for federal permits under the Clean Air Act Amendments. Global air quality concerns, relative global emissions, and alternative views are evaluated from a management options perspective. The book concludes with a presentation of indoor air quality and future trends in air quality management approaches, as well as their limitations. ... Read more

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Outstanding Textbook on Air Toxics
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Air pollution is harmful to human health, but little is known about the costs of pollution-related health care. This study estimated the effect of air pollution on medical spending: The authors determined how much failing to meet air quality standards cost various purchasers of hospital care in California over 2005-2007. ... Read more

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Many of the world's cities are choking on air pollution from traffic and industry. And with half the world's population predicted to be city dwellers by the turn of the century, the challenge of dealing with the problems is a matter of increasing urgency.
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This volume, "Air Quality", contains many original findings on biomasss fires, transboundary pollution and associated haze and their impacts on health, biodiversity and economy and thus is expected to be a source book for research in South East Asia.Many of the results presented in this volume pertain to this region and are thus available under one ' roof.' Some papers could be discussed in graduate level classes dealing with Air Pollution, Air Quality, Cloud Physics and Biophysics. The scientific community will find this book a useful addition to their personal and institutional libraries. ... Read more

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Understanding urban air pollution is a prerequisite to finding effective solutions to air quality problems and for a sustainable development in the urban environment. In this book the current state of the art in urban air pollution research is presented. A major focus is on suitable air pollution modelling concepts, covering also street canyon geometries. Such models may be applied to establish source-receptor relationships in support of urban air quality management. Procedures for evaluating the performance of air pollution models are proposed, and results from field experiments and laboratory studies are shown to provide better insight into the characteristics of air pollution at the urban and local scales. The contents of this book are of a high policy relevance, given their direct connection to the formulation of improved tools for urban air quality assessments.

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These proceedings consist of the latest advances in the fieldof monitoring and modelling urban air quality. Although air pollutionhas been of interest for many decades over the past few years theconcerns of urban air quality have increased dramatically. The primaryreason for this has been the continual growth in road traffic inalmost all urban centres in the world. Consequently, the need forreliable methods for monitoring and modelling urban air quality hasnow been identified as a priority by many national and localgovernments. The current proceedings include the papers presented at the firstinternational conference on this topic. The success of this conferencehas led to the organisation of the second meeting in Madrid,3--5 March, 1999. This book will be invaluable to researchersand consultants in academic, industrial and commercial sectors. ... Read more