Benefits of acid rain controls

Journal Article · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Environment; (United States)

OSTI ID:5622376

Hawkins, D G

The acid rain debate has been distorted by a mistaken political paradigm. This paradigm holds that acid rain controls will benefit only a few lakes and streams, mostly in the Adirondack Mountains in northeastern New York State. It holds that the costs of a control program will fall on the Midwest but that none of the benefits will occur there since no sensitive lakes and streams are found in that area. The author discussed this problem and pointed out that sulfur dioxide was responsible for several types of pollution damage and that all the states would benefit from the reduction of sulfur dioxide emissions.

• Research Organization: Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 5622376
• Journal Information: Environment; (United States), Journal Name: Environment; (United States) Vol. 26:3; ISSN ENVTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ANIMALS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BY-PRODUCTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CONTROL
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
INJURIES
LEGISLATION
MAMMALS
MAN
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
PRIMATES
RAIN
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
VERTEBRATES