Emphysema and fibrosis: risk factors in responsiveness to air pollution

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6096713

Costa, D L; Lehmann, J R

Episodic and epidemiologic data appear to support the belief that chronic non-specific lung disease imposes an additional risk to affected individuals when challenged by air pollution. While this concept has been implicitly enacted into law, little knowledge or understanding of the tenets of disease-based hyper-susceptibility exists. The clinical and animal experimental data show trends, but in general, have provided little substance to defend or challenge the legitimacy of the margins of safety incorporated into the standards of the EPA regulated pollutants. As more data on so-called normal individuals are being collected, many of these safety margins appear to be eroding, thus offering little encouragement that susceptible subgroups of the population are actually being protected. 39 references, 8 tables.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6096713
• Report Number(s): BNL-35679; CONF-8410233-1; ON: DE85006083
• Resource Relation: Conference: 15. annual conference on environmental toxicology, Dayton, OH, USA, 30 Oct 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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