Analysis of air-toxics emissions, exposures, cancer risks and controllability in five urban areas. Volume 2. Controllability analysis and results

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6447976

Wilson, J; Coleman, B; Laich, E; Powell, R

The report (Volume 2) is the second phase of a study to define the urban air toxics problem and to discern what combination of control measures can best be employed to mitigate the problem. Volume 1 of the study documented the base year analysis (nominally the year 1980), involving dispersion modeling of emissions data for 25 carcinogenic air toxics in five U.S. urban areas and a subsequent assessment of estimated aggregate cancer incidence. The Volume 2 report applies various control strategies and analyzes the resulting reduction in aggregate cancer incidence that would occur between 1980 and 1995. Control scenarios consisted of (1) efforts that were currently underway to reduce air toxics emissions at the time of the study, (2) efforts that were expected to occur by 1995, mainly national standards that were under development, and (3) a series of selected more rigorous controls.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• OSTI ID: 6447976
• Report Number(s): PB-90-259870/XAB; EPA--450/2-89/012B
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALDEHYDES
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HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MAMMALS
MAN
MATTER
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ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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PATHOGENESIS
POLLUTION
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STANDARDS
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