Toxic emissions and air quality in the Lake Huron-Lake Erie corridor

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5548384

Report of a preliminary analysis of atmospheric emissions, air quality and soil and vegetation contamination in the Ontario-Michigan border area in southwestern Ontario, extending from the southern end of Lake Huron, along the St. Clair River, through Lake St. Clair, and along the Detroit River to Lake Erie. The analysis evaluates the conditions on the Ontario side of this Corridor, comparing it with that in other areas in Ontario and eastern North America. Some meteorological analyses are applied to diurnal patterns of reduced sulphur concentrations to identify probable sources of these compounds. Ambient air concentration data are examined for such contaminants as SO{sub 2}, TSP and trace metals. These are then compared to those among major Ontario cities, including Windsor and Metropolitan Toronto.

• Research Organization: Huron Erie Corridor Committee, Toronto, ON (Canada)
• OSTI ID: 5548384
• Report Number(s): MIC-91-02540/XAB; ISBN: 0-7729-7588-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION
CANADA
CHALCOGENIDES
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
MAPS
METALS
METEOROLOGY
NORTH AMERICA
ONTARIO
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PLANTS
POLLUTION
SOILS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES