Federal activity in developing air quality criteria

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1966 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6129335

Blomquist, E T

The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is charged by Congress in the Clean Air Act with the responsibility for developing criteria for two broad classes of contaminants: the oxides of sulfur and photochemical oxidants. Summaries of the relationships of the pollutants to their effects has been compiled. An exhaustive literature review has been made for each group of pollutants. Among the items considered in documenting the effects on man and animals are exposure of animals to elevated lethal concentrations, effects of more usual industrial exposures, short-term effects observed in the laboratory at low concentrations with man and animals, and the effects of community air pollution. Air quality criteria for carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen are to be prepared in the near future.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 6129335
• Conference Information: Journal Name: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 16
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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AIR QUALITY
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DESIGN
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
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NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS
PLANNING
STANDARDS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
US HEW
US ORGANIZATIONS