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Health Effects of Air Pollution: A Brief Review – Dust Control and Soil Stabilization for Arid Regions ASU (TPD1702041)

Health Effects of Air Pollution: A

Brief Review

Dust Control and Soil Stabilization for Arid Regions

Western Chapter International Erosion Control Association February 1, 2017

Al Brown, R.S., C.P.M., M.P.A

ASU Senior Lecturer

 Did you know:

 

  • An average per s,on breathes 7 to 8 l1t ,ers of

air/minute (approximately 2 ga, ll ons)

 

  • This equates to  about 11,,QQ0 liters air/day

(2,905 gai ll ons/ day or 3,88 cu bi,c feet / diay.)

 

Source: Discovery Health – online

 

 

Maricopa County

 

 

Susceptible Populations

  • Children

–     Spend more time outdoors

–     Have developing lungs (fewer alveoli) and immune systems

–     Have a larger lung surface area per kg of body wt.

–     Breathe 50% more air per kg of body wt.

  • People with heart and lung diseases

–     Asthmatics and other COPD patients

–     Coronary artery and congestive heart failure

  • Older adults
  • Outdoor workers

 

 

 

Criteria Pollutants

  • EPA websites have lots of information on different types of pollutantshttps://www.epa.gov/environmental-topics/air-topics

 

  • EPA has set national standards for six air pollutants (called criteria pollutants). Standards are called National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).                             See:https://www.epa.gov/criteriaairpollutants

 

 

  • The six criteria pollutants are CO, NO2, SO2, ozone, particulate matter, and lead

 

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ARIZONA    STATE    UNIVERSITY                                                                                                                              engineering.asu.edu

 

Health Effects of CO

  • CO affects humans by competing with O2 for binding to Fe2+ in hemoglobin (Hb).

HbFe  + CO  ⇄  HbFeCO

HbFe  +  O2   ⇄    HbFeO2

–     Equilibrium constant for HbFeCO binding is 240 times as large as for HbFeO2.

–     Thus, even a small amount of CO can be deadly because it blocks active site of Hb.

  • Lethal concentrations > 750 ppm
  • Concentrations of 100 ppm causes dizziness and headaches
  • Exposure to 50 ppm over 8 hour period impairs psychomotor performance
  • 6 weeks exposure can cause structural changes in heart and brain of animals

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Sulfur compounds

  • Unlike CO, which is only a concern for health effects, SOx not only affects human health, but damages crops and changes chemistry of soils, causes acid rain, and contributes to visibility impairment. So it’s environmental effects are much greater than CO.
  • Aerosols of sulfuric acid and other sulfates make up 5- 20% of total suspended particulate matter in urban air. Causes significant reduction of visibility as part of atmospheric haze.
    • Human response to sulfur dioxide is bronchoconstriction and asthma. Sensitive individuals can respond to as low as 1 ppm.
    • Other Forms of Sulfur

–     Sulfur compounds are generated naturally by biological processes (such as anaerobic microbial degradation)

–     As much as 90% of sulfur in humid regions occurs as organosulfur compounds.

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Major Findings from 2016 NO2 ISA

 

 

Asthma Attacks

Causal relationship from short term exposure

Respiratory effects

Likely causal for long-term exposure

Exposure assessment

Most if near or on roads; low socioeconomic status; non- white populations

 

Source: U.S. EPA 2016 Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen – Health Criteria

 

 

 

 

Ozone

  • Ozone is O3

–     Distinguish ozone from O2 which is the stable form of oxygen in atmosphere.

O-O=O or O=O-O     vs      O=O

–     O3 has weaker bonds than O2 and is much more reactive.          Strong oxidizing agent.     Attacks rubber, cellulose, and other materials.

–     O3 is a secondary, not a primary pollutant. It is produced through photochemical reactions in atmosphere.  Thus, without sunlight, no ozone.

–     We can’t regulate ozone directly. Instead we regulate its precursors which are VOCs and NOx emissions. So we are concerned about NOx for its own health effects, but also because it is a precursor to ozone.

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Bogenics Fires

 

 

 

 

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

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Short Term Exposure

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Schools  ef Engineering

ARIZONA    STATE  UNIVERSITY

 

EPA 2013 ISA for Ozone and

Related Photochemical Oxidants

 

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EPA 2013 ISA for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants

2006 ISA                                                                2013 ISA

 

 

 

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The science shows that ozone:

  • llnflames and damages the airways
  • Aggravates lung disease, including asthma , emphysema and bronchitis
  • Increases the frequency and severity of asthma attacks
    • Reduces lung function, making it harder to

breathe as deeply as normal

  • Causes coughing and sore throat or burning sensation in airways

 

 

 

 

Ira A. Fulton

Schools ef Engineering

ARIZONA    STATE  UNIVERSITY

 

 

EPA Proposed NAAQS for O3 December, 2014

 

 

engineering.asu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Health Effects Avoided

70 ppb

65 ppb

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790

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180 ,.0 00

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1 .3 m il li o n

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64 to 600

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Benefits and Costs of Meeting the Proposed Standards

  • EPA estimates that meeting the standards in 2025 will yielid an nual health benefits of:
    • $6.4 to $13 billion for a standard of 70 ppb
    • $19 to $38 billion for a standard or 65 ppb
    • This includes the value of preventing significant health effects in chil:dr  en and adults.
      • EPA estimates that annual costs would be:
        • $3.9 billion for a standard of 70 ppb
        • $15 billion for a sta ndard of ’65 ppb

 

 

 

N ote : These numbers do not include Ca lifornia which was

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Ira A. Fulton

Schools ef Engineering

 

EPA Proposed NAAQS for O3

December, 2014; Final Rule October 2015

 

ARIZONA    STATE    UNIVERSITY                                                                                                                              engineering.asu.edu

 

Summary of Health Effects from ozone

  • •           Short-term exposure to excessive ozone have a causal relationship with respiratory disease and a likely causal relationship for premature death
    • Long-term exposure to excessive ozone have a likely causal relationship with respiratory disease and a suggestive causal relationship for cardiovascular, reproductive, nervous system diseases; and premature death

 

 

Particulate Matter

  • “PM is the generic term for a broad class of chemically and physically diverse substances that exist as discrete particles (liquid droplets or solids) over a wide range of sizes” (ISA, Sec. 1.2).
  • PM can be dispersed airborne solid or liquid particles, or solid cores surrounded by liquid.
    • Aerosols

–     Can be liquid or solids. Suspended solid aerosols include fumes or smoke formed by condensation, sublimation or chemical reactions.

–     Mists are condensed liquid particles. Generally mist particles are larger than fumes.

 

 

 

  • Categories:

 

Classification of PM

 

–     PM10 refers to particulate matter ≤ 10 μm

–     PM2.5 refers to particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm

  • Fractions

–     Ultra-fines are less than 0.1 μm.                                                 No current U.S. regulations for PM0.1.

–     PM2.5 particles called fine fraction. Atmospheric lifetimes of days to weeks.                    Can travel thousands of kilometers. Higher concentration of organics. Poorly characterized compared to PM10.           Mostly from combustion sources.

–    Coarse fraction refers to inhalable PM10 from which the fine fraction has been removed (i.e. PM2.5-10 fraction.                          Atmospheric lifetimes of minutes to hours.   Travel less than 10 km.

 

 

 

 

 

Particulate Matter: What is It?

Acomplexmixture,ofextremelysm1all particlesandliquiddroplets

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ARIZONA STATE

 

From J. Colls, Air Pollution (2002), SpoennPgreisnseering.asu.edu

 

UNIVERSITY

 

 

Donora, PA 1948

 

 

PM 2.5 Exceedance Day

 

 

Source: ADEQ Monthly Air Quality Report; December 2012

 

Toxic Effects of Particulate Matter

  • See next slides for view of lungs.

–     Air pathway becomes progressively smaller: Trachea à Bronchi à Bronchioles à Alveoli

–     In alveolar sac there is only one cell thickness between air and bloodstream.                       Gaseous molecules can diffuse across.

  • Respiratory tract divided into 3 regions:

–     Extrathoracic (ET) consists of nasal and oral passages through the larynx

–     Tracheobronchial (TB) consists of trachea, bronchi, and conducting bronchioles

–     Alveolar (A) consists of respiratory bronchioles alveoli

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Incredible Machine,

National Geographic Society, 1986

 

 

 

Incredible Machine, National Geographic Society, 1986

 

ARIZONA    STATE    UNIVERSITY                                                                                                                              engineering.asu.edu

 

Deposition of PM in Respiratory System

  • Penetration and deposition of PM in lungs depends upon size.                          Actually kind of a U shaped curve (ISA, p. 4-8).
  • Above 10 μm almost all inhaled particles are deposited in upper respiratory particles (Extrathoracic region) by sedimentation and impaction on sides of respiratory tract.

–     For 10 μm particles, deposition is about 90% in nasal region (very few large particles make it through nasal passage)

–     Nasal breathing is more effective in removing particulates than oral breathing.                            Children tend to breathe more orally, thus might be more impacted by particulates.

 

Sites of Deposition

 

  • From Fig 4-3 in ISA (next slide) we can see that particles from 5 – 10 μm are deposited quite efficiently in the ET range and there is some increase in deposition in the ET as particle size decreases below 0.1 μm.
    • As particle size decreases to 1 μm, deposition in ET reaches a minimum.
    • Little PM above 5 μm makes it to the TB or A regions. But between 1 – 5 μm, there is deposition in both TB and A.
    • As particle size decreases below 0.1 μm, deposition in both TB and A increase. Alveolar deposition reaches minimum between 0.1 and 1 μm.

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Clearance of PM

  • Clearance of PM (ISA, p. 4-17).

–     Particles in mouth can be swallowed or expectorated.  In nose, can be cleared by sneezing, wiping, or blowing nose.

–     Mucociliary clearance in TB originally thought to take 24-48 hrs.               Series of “escalators.”       Now thought to be a slower clearance for smaller particles (up to 100 days for UFP).

  • Clearance in alveolar region much more difficult. Involves macrophage phagocytosis (p. 4.-19).

–     Macrophages originate in bone marrow, circulate in blood and envelop a deposited particle.

–     Some deposited particles can translocate (move across cell membranes, into blood and circulate through body.

 

 

 

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Toxicological Effects of PM-2.5

  • Airborne PM-2.5 associated with shortened lifespans. All-cause mortality rates, cardiopulmonary mortality and lung cancer mortality are all associated with increases in PM- 2.5.
  • People with heart or lung disease, children and elderly are most affected.
  • See article by Pope.

–  Each 10 mg/m3 increase in PM2.5 is associated with a 4% increase in total mortality; 6% increase in cardiovascular mortality; and 8% increase in lung cancer mortality.                           No consistent associations with coarse PM.

 

 

 

Source: U.S. EPA, 2012, Provisional Assessment

of Recent Studies on Health Effects of Particulate Matter Exposure                                                                                                                  Chart Graph Placeholder

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Results and Conclusions

  • Diabetes prevalence increases with increasing PM2.5 concentrations
  • A 1% increase in prevalence associated with a 10 µg/m3 PM2.5 exposure
    • A >20% increase in prevalence for counties with highest

PM2.5

  • The study controlled for diabetes risk factors
  • Additional studies are needed to understand the role of PM2.5 in the inflammatory pathway giving rise to diabetes

 

Ultrafine PM and PM 2.5 in Blood and CNS

  • Ultrafine PM can enter capillaries in the alveoli
  • PM 2.5 can include neurotoxins that have been adsorbed onto the particles
  • PM 2.5 can cause inflammation of lungs, olfactory nerves, and eventually the brain
  • PM 2.5 triggers biochemical changes that can cause heart attacks and arrhythmia

 

Source: U.S. EPA, 2004, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter

U.S. EPA, 2009, Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter, Final Report,

 

 

Summary of PM Health Effects

  • •        Short-term  and long-term exposures to excessive PM-2.5 have a causal effect on cardiovascular disease and premature death
    • Short-term exposure to excessive PM-10 are suggestive of cardiovascular disease and premature death

 

 

  • •       Health and visibility benefits of Revised 24-hr PM2.5 standards range from $9 bil to $75 bil a year by 2020
    • These benefits are in addition to benefits of meeting the 1997 standards
    • •       Cost is estimated at $5.4 bil per year in 2020

 

 

 

 

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  • T, lhe benefits of 1m1e,etingthe revised 24-hour PM2_5

standa.rds incllude the value of estimated annuall reductions of:

 

–            11   200 to 13 000 premature deaths in people with heart or lung disease;

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2 600 cases of chronic bronchitis

–   5,000 nonfatal heart attacks·

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–      11   6  30 hospital admissions far cardiovascular or respiratory symptoms;

–          1200 emergency room visits for asthma;

–          7,300 cases of acute bron chitis;

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97 000 cases of upper and lower respiratory symptoms;

–           51,000 cases of aggravated asthma;

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350 000 days when people miss worik or school; and

–           2 million days when people must restrict their activities because of

partic le pollution-related symptoms.

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Lead

  • Lead is the only metal listed as a criteria pollutant (others, such as Cr, are listed as a HAP).                                           Attacks liver, kidneys, brain and other vital organs.                                          Disrupts reproductive and immunological functions.

–     Historically lead used in gasoline, paints, piping, radioactive shielding, etc. Also natural sources from soils.

–     Due to use of unleaded gasoline, emissions decreased 99% from 1970 to 1995 (all leaded gasoline banned in

U.S. on Dec 31, 1995).  Now also banned in paints, and solder.

–     Main sources now from piston engine aircraft and metal smelting.            Following slides show dramatic differences in total lead emissions and sources.

 

 

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

 

 

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Hazardous Air Pollutants

  • 187 Listed HAPs
  • The most common include:

–     Asbestos

–     Benzene

–     Perchloroethlyene

–     Toluene

–     1,3 Butadiene

–     Formaldehyde

 

HAPs are not routinely monitored by air quality regulatory agencies

 

 

 

Mobile Source Air Toxics

  • •           Diesel particulate matter (diesel PM)
    • Formaldehyde
    • •          Benzene
      • 1,3-butadiene
      • •          Napthalene
        • Acrolein
        • •          Polycyclic organic matter (POM)

 

 

 

 

 

  • Ira A. Fulton

Schools ef Engineering

ARIZONA    STATE    UNIVERSITY                                                                                                                              engineering.asu.edu

 

What is In Diesel Exhaust?

  • Nitrogen oxides
    • Carbon monoxide
    • Diesel particulate matter (mostly PM-2.5)
      • Black carbon
      • Aldehydes
        • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
        • 1,3-butadiene
          • Sulfates
          • Metals, including arsenic

 

 

 

 

Bio aerosols

Please note that these pollutants are NOT regulated

  • Seasonal influenza and pandemic influenza
  • Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax)
  • Francisella tularensis (Tularemia)
  • Brucella species (Brucellosis)
  • Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  • Pollens
  • Coccidioides sp. (Valley Fever: Coccidioidomycosis)
  • Other fungal

–        Stachybotrys chartarum

–        Histoplasma capsulatum

–        Aspergillus fumigatus

–        Aspergillus clavatus

 

 

 

 

 

Pollutant

 

Indoor Air Pollutants

Source

 

  • Tobacco smoke
  • Carbon monoxide
  • Formaldehyde
  • Asbestos
  • Radon
  • Mold and other biologicals

 

  • Volatile organic compounds
    • Smokers in the household
    • Gas stove, furnace, broken exhaust vents
    • Furniture, carpeting
    • Insulation, wall texture
    • Cracks in the slab
    • Plumbing leaks, unsanitary premises
      • Paints, solvents, cleaners

 

 

 

 

 

Pollutant

 

Indoor Air Pollutants continued

Source

 

 

 

  • Pesticides
  • Particulates

 

  • Nitrogen dioxide

 

  • Carbon dioxide
  • Hydrogen sulfide
  • Methane
  • Insect parts and waste
    • Any application of pesticides
      • Wood, fuel oil burning, remodeling, open windows
      • Wood, fuel oil burning, gas stove, furnace
      • Poor ventilation
      • Sewer gas (floor drains)
      • Sewer gas (floor drains)
      • Cockroach and cricket infestation

 

 

 

 

Source: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/iaintro.html                                                                                                                  TPD1702041

 

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Gabrielson, D., 2011, Pinal County DEQ

 

 

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Hl azards toP’ublic1

  • 7 dea ,d in dust storm on 1-10

–           May 1971, Casa Grande, Ariizona

 

Hl ealth

 

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–        Dece1mber 199’1 , C oa l inga, California

–         http://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-01/news/mn-917     1 dust-storm

  • 2 dea ,d in dust storm on 1-8

–      , February 2006, Stanfield, Arizona

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  • 3 dea ,d in dust storm on 1-10

–        Dece1mber 2009, Casa Grande, Arizona

–         http://www.azcentral.com/community/p  inal/articles/2009/12/22/20091222pc-accident22-0 N.html

  • And so on.

 

 

 

 

ARIZONA

 

GSTaAbTrEieUlsNoInVE,RDS.,IT2Y011, Pinal County DEQ

 

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“…The Panel concluded that the evidence is sufficient to support a causal relationship between exposure to traffic-related air pollution and exacerbation of asthma. It also found suggestive evidence of a causal relationship with onset of childhood asthma, nonasthma respiratory symptoms, impaired lung function, total and cardiovascular mortality, and cardiovascular morbidity, although the data are not sufficient to fully support causality.”

 

 

On average, vehicles emit one pound of pollutants per mile driven

 

“Local exposure to traffic on a freeway has adverse effects on children’s lung development, which are independent of regional air quality, and which could result in important deficits in attained lung function in later life.”

 

 

Diabetes and Air Pollution?

“Traffic-related air pollution is associated with incident type 2 diabetes among elderly women. Subclinical inflammation may be a mechanism linking air pollution with type 2 diabetes.”

 

Kramer, U., et. al., 2010, Environmental Health Perspectives                                                                                                               TPD1702041

 

 

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ARIZONA    STATE    UNIVERSITY                                                                                                                              engineering.asu.edu

 

  • Ira A. Fulton

   Schools ef Engineering

ARIZONA    STATE  UNIVERSITY

 

 

Localized highly unhealthful air pollution

 

 

engineering.asu.edu

  • Ira A. Fulton

   Schools ef Engineering

ARIZONA    STATE  UNIVERSITY

 

 

Localized highly unhealthful air pollution

 

 

engineering.asu.edu

 

How can I Reduce Air Pollution?

  • •           Drive less; slow down
    • Educate others; be a champion
    • •           Do not use a leaf blower
      • Comply with “no burn day” requirements
      • •           Refuel after sunset in the hot months
        • Reduce speed on unpaved roads
        • •           Use only high gas mileage vehicles

 

 

 

How Can I Protect Myself and My Family

  • Maintain clean household, school and workplace environments
  • Stay indoors during high pollution episodes and reduce strenuous activity
    • Do not exercise outdoors during high pollution episodes; avoid exercising near arterial roadways
    • Do not live within 500 M of a freeway
    • Educate others; lead by example
    • Sign up for high air pollution advisory notices:

http://cleanairmakemore.com/make-the-commitment/

 

 

 

SDS Highlights for Gorilla-Snot®

  • Chemical Family: Synthetic Copolymer Dispersion
  • GHS: Not a hazardous substance or mixture
  • HMIS and NFPA 0-0-0-No special hazard under normal use
    • Active ingredient: Synthetic Vinyl Copolymer Dispersion; 20-60%
    • Carcinogenicity: Not listed as carcinogenic
    • Reproductive & Developmental Toxicity: Not expected to be a hazard
    • DOT: Not regulated
    • IATA: Not regulated
    • RCRA: Not hazardous waste when disposed
    • CERCLA/SARA: Does not contain chemicals with reportable quantities
    • CAA: Does not contain a HAP
    • OSHA: No PELs; avoid repetitive skin contact and inhalation of mist

/media/101960/sgs1507021-gorilla-snot-safety-data-sheet.pdf

 

 

Current Developments in Re-Designation to

Attainment

  • June 10, 2014

–     EPA Publishes Final Rule Approving 2012 SIP

  • July 29, 2014

–     Petitioners (Sandy Bahr & David Matusow) file a Petition for Review, challenging the following portions of EPA’s approval of the 2012 SIP

  • Attainment Demonstration
  • 5% Demonstration
  • Contingency Measures

 

9th Circuit Decision On Petition

  • Nonattainment Demonstration

–     Upholds EPA’s determination

–     Agrees that the 135 exceedances were exceptional events

  • 5% Demonstration

–     Upholds EPA’s determination

–     Agrees that Control Measures do not need to be updated

  • Contingency Measures

–     Remands to EPA the contingency measures portion for further consideration

 

 

Next Steps

  • EPA must decide how to move forward

–     Appeal 9th Circuit Opinion

–     Request AZ to revise Contingency Measures

  • AZ must decide how to move forward

–     Wait for EPA while remaining in serious nonattainment

–     Prepare a Maintenance Plan and seek Redesignation from nonattainment to attainment

 

 

Don’t Become Complacent

  • Unpermitted regulated sources like property owners with unstabilized land areas must comply with the Dust Action Plan General Permit
  • Agricultural sources must comply with Agricultural BMPs
  • Continue working with GRIC, PMSRIC and Pinal County on minimizing dust transport into the Maricopa County nonattainment area
    • All permitted sources must maintain their high degree of compliance with existing MCAQD Air Pollution Control rules, especially Rules 310 and 316
    • Continue high quality and complete petitions to EPA for exceptional event determinations

 

 

Do Not Become Complacent

 

References

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) 2012, Air Monitoring Network Plan for 2012, http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/air/assessment/download/networkplan_2012.pdf

 

ADEQ Air Quality Forecasts, 2012,

http://www.azdeq.gov/function/forms/docs.html#month

 

Gauderman, W. J. et. al, (2007), Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study, The Lancet, Volume 369, Issue 9561, 17– 23 February 2007, Pages 571-577, ISSN 0140-6736, 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60037-

3.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673607600373

 

HEI Panel on the Health Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution. 2010. Traffic-Related Air Pollution: A Critical Review of the Literature on Emissions, Exposure, and Health Effects. HEI Special Report 17.

Health Effects Institute, Boston, MA.

 

 

 

 

References Continued

Jerrett, M. et al., 2009, Long-term ozone exposure and mortality, The New England Journal of Medicine, V. 360

 

Kramer, U. et. al., 2010, Traffic related pollution and incident Type 2 diabetes: results from the SALIA cohort study, Environmental Heath Perspectives, http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.0901689

 

 

Kyle, A.D., Wright, C.C. Caldwell, J.C., Buffler, P.A., 2001,Evaluating the heath significance of hazardous air pollutants using monitoring data. Public Health Reports 2001; 116:32-44

 

 

 

References Continued

Narayan, M., 2013, Coffelt-Lamoreaux Public Housing Redevelopment: Health Impact Assessment Report

 

Pearson, J. F., et al., 2010, Association between fine particulate matter and diabetes prevalence in the U.S., Diabetes Care, Vol 33, No. 10.

 

Pope, C.A., et al., 2009, Fine-particulate air pollution and life expectancy in the United States, New England Journal of Medicine, Vol 360

 

Samet, J.M., et al. Fine particulate air pollution and mortality in 20 U.S. cities, 1987-1994. New England Journal of Medicine, 2000; 343:1742-1749

 

Schwartz, J., Air pollution and children’s health. Pediatrics 2004; 113:1037- 1043

 

 

References continued

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), 2013, Integrated Science Assessment for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants,

http://www.epa.gov/air/airpollutants.html

 

U.S. EPA, 2013, Indoor Air Quality, http://www.epa.gov/iaq/ia-intro.html

 

U.S. EPA, 2012, Provisional Assessment of Recent Studies on Health Effects of Particulate Matter Exposure, http://www.epa.gov/air/airpollutants.html

 

U.S. EPA, 2012, New Annual PM 2.5 Standard, Press Release,

http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/bd4379a92ceceeac8525735900400c27/a7446ca9e228622b852 57ad400644d82!OpenDocument

 

U.S. EPA, 2012, NAAQS page, http://epa.gov/air/criteria.html

 

U.S. EPA, 2009, Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter, Final Report,

http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=216546

 

 

References continued

U.S. EPA, 2008, Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen,

http://www.epa.gov/air/airpollutants.html

 

 

 

U.S. EPA AirNow Website;

http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.displaymaps&pollutant=OZONE&StateID=3&domain=phnx&mon=11&dayofmon= 1&yr=2007

 

U. S. EPA, Air quality overview pages,

http://www.epa.gov/air/basic.html

 

U.S. EPA, 2006, Air quality criteria for ozone and related photochemical oxidants; EPA 600/R-05/004aF.

 

 

U. S. EPA, Health Providers Fact Sheets page,

http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=health_prof.main

 

References continued

 

U. S. EPA, Ozone Rule Slides, 2008,

http://www.epa.gov/groundlevelozone/pdfs/2008_03_text_slides.pdf

 

U.S. EPA, Mobile Source Air Toxics, Final Rule, February 2007,

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/toxics/420f07017.htm

 

U.S. EPA, September 2006 Revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particle Pollution, Overview 9-06,

http://www.epa.gov/air/particlepollution/pdfs/20061013_presentation.pdf

 

U.S. EPA, Overview of Clean Air Act pages, http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/

 

U.S. EPA, 2004, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter,

http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=87903

 

 

 

References continued

U.S. EPA, 2003, Particle Pollution Fact Sheet,

http://www.epa.gov/air/particlepollution/health.html

 

 

U.S. Federal Highway Administration, 2014, South Mountain Freeway Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation

 

University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence

http://www.vfce.arizona.edu/

 

 

Wright, Richard, Environmental Science 12th edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2014

 

 

References continued

Akinbami, L., et. al., 2011, CDC National Health Statistics Reports, asthma

prevalence, health care use and mortality in United States 2005 – 2009

 

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) 2012, Air Monitoring Network Plan for 2012,

http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/air/assessment/download/networkplan_2012.pdf

 

ADEQ Air Quality Forecasts, 2012,

http://www.azdeq.gov/function/forms/docs.html#month

 

ADEQ, 2008 Air Quality Annual Report,

http://www.azdeq.gov/function/forms/download/2008air.pdf

 

ADEQ, 2008, Protecting our children: assessing the link between PM-10 pollution and childhood asthma in Maricopa County.

 

Center for Biosecurity of University of Pittsburg Medical Center

http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/our_work/biological-threats-and-epidemics/fact_sheets/glanders.html

 

Centers for Disease Control, 2012, Bioterrorism

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/

 

 

References continued

Gabrielson, D., 2011, Pinal County PM 10 and PM 2.5 challenges and solutions, Pinal County Department of Environmental Quality, presented to Arizona Environmental Strategic Alliance January 25, 2011, http://azalliance.org/

 

 

Gauderman, W. J. et. al, (2007), Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study, The Lancet, Volume 369, Issue 9561, 17–23 February 2007, Pages 571-577, ISSN

0140-6736, 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60037-3.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673607600373

 

HEI Panel on the Health Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution. 2010. Traffic-Related Air Pollution: A Critical Review of the Literature on Emissions, Exposure, and Health Effects. HEI Special Report 17.

Health Effects Institute, Boston, MA.

 

 

References continued

Health Effects Institute, 2016, Special Report 20, https://www.healtheffects.org/publication/burden- disease-attributable-coal-burning-and-other-air-pollution-sources-china

 

 

Jerrett, M. et al., 2009, Long-term ozone exposure and mortality, The New England Journal of Medicine, V. 360

 

Kramer, U. et. al., 2010, Traffic related pollution and incident Type 2 diabetes: results from the SALIA cohort study, Environmental Heath Perspectives, http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.0901689

 

 

Kyle, A.D., Wright, C.C. Caldwell, J.C., Buffler, P.A., 2001,Evaluating the heath significance of hazardous air pollutants using monitoring data. Public Health Reports 2001; 116:32-44

 

Pinal County Air Quality Control District, 2012, 2012 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan,

http://pinalcountyaz.gov/Departments/AirQuality/Pages/MonitoringNetwork.html

 

 

References continued

Maricopa Association of Governments, Lindy Bauer, Air Quality Update,

October 24, 2007; http://www.mag.maricopa.gov/project.cms?item=1007

 

 

Maricopa Association of Governments, 8-Hour Ozone Plan, June 2007;

http://www.mag.maricopa.gov/detail.cms?item=7377

Maricopa County Air Quality Department, 2011 Air Monitoring Network Annual Review;

http://www.maricopa.gov/aq/divisions/monitoring/docs

 

Maricopa County Air Quality Department, Dust Control Training Slides, February 2008

 

Maricopa County Air Quality Dept. 2005 Periodic Emissions Inventory For PM 10, January, 2007

http://www.maricopa.gov/aq/divisions/planning_analysis/emissions_inventory/reports/Default.html

 

 

References continued

Pearson, J. F., et al., 2010, Association between fine particulate matter and

diabetes prevalence in the U.S., Diabetes Care, Vol 33, No. 10.

 

Pope, C.A., et al., 2009, Fine-particulate air pollution and life expectancy in the United States, New England Journal of Medicine, Vol 360

 

Samet, J.M., et al. Fine particulate air pollution and mortality in 20 U.S. cities, 1987-1994. New England Journal of Medicine, 2000; 343:1742-1749

 

Schwartz, J., Air pollution and children’s health. Pediatrics 2004; 113:1037- 1043

 

The Arizona Republic, January 29, 2012, Surrounded by Pollution, Shaun McKinnon

 

U.S. EPA, 2017, Research on Near Roadway and Other Near Source Air Pollution. https://www.epa.gov/air-research/research-near-roadway-and-other-near-source-air-pollution

 

 

 

References continued

U.S. EPA, 2016, Air Pollution and Heart Disease Research,

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-01/documents/air_pollution_and_heart_disease_fact_sheet.pdf

 

U.S. EPA, 2016, ISA for Oxides of Nitrogen, https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/isa/recordisplay.cfm?deid=310879

 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), 2013, Integrated Science Assessment for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants,

http://www.epa.gov/air/airpollutants.html

 

U.S. EPA, 2013, Indoor Air Quality, http://www.epa.gov/iaq/ia-intro.html

 

U.S. EPA, 2012, Provisional Assessment of Recent Studies on Health Effects of Particulate Matter Exposure, http://www.epa.gov/air/airpollutants.html

 

U.S. EPA, 2012, New Annual PM 2.5 Standard, Press Release,

http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/bd4379a92ceceeac8525735900400c27/a7446ca9e228622b852 57ad400644d82!OpenDocument

 

U.S. EPA, 2012, NAAQS page, http://epa.gov/air/criteria.html

 

 

 

References continued

U.S. EPA, 2009, Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter, Final Report,

http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=216546

 

U.S. EPA, 2008, Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen,

http://www.epa.gov/air/airpollutants.html

 

U.S. EPA AirNow Website;

http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.displaymaps&pollutant=OZONE&StateID=3&domain=phnx&mon=11&dayofmon= 1&yr=2007

 

U. S. EPA, Air quality overview pages,

http://www.epa.gov/air/basic.html

 

U.S. EPA, 2006, Air quality criteria for ozone and related photochemical oxidants; EPA 600/R-05/004aF.

 

U. S. EPA, General health and wildfire info pages,

http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=static.health

 

U. S. EPA, Health Providers Fact Sheets page,

http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=health_prof.main

 

 

References continued

U.S. EPA, 2009, Residential air cleaners (second edition): a summary of available information, http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pdfs/residential_air_cleaners.pdf

 

U. S. EPA, Ozone Rule Slides, 2008,

http://www.epa.gov/groundlevelozone/pdfs/2008_03_text_slides.pdf

 

U.S. EPA, Mobile Source Air Toxics, Final Rule, February 2007,

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/toxics/420f07017.htm

 

U.S. EPA, September 2006 Revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particle Pollution, Overview 9-06,

http://www.epa.gov/air/particlepollution/pdfs/20061013_presentation.pdf

 

U.S. EPA, Overview of Clean Air Act pages, http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/

 

U.S. EPA, 2004, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter,

http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=87903

 

 

References continued

U.S. EPA, 2003, Particle Pollution Fact Sheet,

http://www.epa.gov/air/particlepollution/health.html

 

 

University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence

http://www.vfce.arizona.edu/

 

 

Wiley, W., 2011, Maricopa County Air Quality Department, Two gallons of air, Presented to Arizona Environmental Strategic Alliance, January 25, 2011, http://azalliance.org/

 

 

Wright, Richard, Environmental Science 11th edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011

 

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