Air Pollution

• Latest News
• Traffic May Trigger Heart Attack (10/20/2004, Reuters Health)
• Asthma Risk High at Busy Border Crossings (10/04/2004, United Press International)
• 2003 Status Report Shows U.S. Air Cleanest Ever Since 1970 (09/21/2004, Environmental Protection Agency)
• New Research Shows Air Pollution Can Reduce Children’s Lung Function (09/08/2004, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

• Overviews
• About Air Toxics (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Air Quality (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Air Quality Index (AQI) - AIRNow (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Outdoor Air Pollution: Possible Health Effects (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Tox Town (National Library of Medicine) - Requires Flash Player

• Pictures/Diagrams
• State of the Air 2004 (American Lung Association)

• Prevention/Screening
• Green Vehicle Guide (Environmental Protection Agency)
• What You Can Do to Clean the Air (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation)
• What You Should Know about Reducing Diesel Exhaust from School Buses (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Transportation and Air Quality) - Links to PDF File

• Related Issues
• 8-Hour Ground-Level Ozone Designation FAQ's (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Air Pollution and Exercise (American Lung Association)
• Air Pollution and Health Risk (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Air Quality Continues to Improve: New Report and Data (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Air Quality Index. A Guide to Air Quality and Your Health (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards)
• Air Where I Live (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards)
• Backyard Burning: Human Health (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Better Health to Result from Fewer Hazardous Air Pollutants (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Cleaning Up Our Land, Water and Air (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Current Air Quality Conditions: Ozone and Particle Pollution Maps (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation)
• Evaluating Exposures to Air Pollutants: A Citizen's Guide (Environmental Protection Agency)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Forest Fires and Respiratory Health (American Lung Association)
• How Lead Affects the Way We Live & Breathe (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards)
• How Nitrogen Oxides Affect the Way We Live and Breathe (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards)
• How Particulate Matter Affects the Way We Live & Breathe (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards)
• How Smoke From Fires Can Affect Your Health (Environmental Protection Agency)
• How Sulfur Dioxide Affects the Way We Live & Breathe (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards)
• Nonroad Diesel Equipment (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Ozone: Good Up High, Bad Nearby (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Particle Pollution and Your Health (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards) - Links to PDF File
• Particulate Matter Air Pollution (American Lung Association)
• Risk Assessment for Toxic Air Pollutants: A Citizen's Guide (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Smoke from Agricultural and Forest Fires (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation)
• Something in the Air: Airborne Allergens (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File
• Today's Air Quality Forecast (Environmental Protection Agency)
• TOXNET Databases (National Library of Medicine) - journal citations and data files on toxicology and related subjects

• Research
• America's Children and the Environment (Environmental Protection Agency)
• For Smokers, Air Pollution Is a Drag On the Heart (American Heart Association)
• Link Strengthened between Lung Cancer, Heart Deaths and Tiny Particles of Soot, Dust (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• New Research Shows Air Pollution Can Reduce Children’s Lung Function (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• New Study of New York City Residents Shows That Newborns Are More Susceptible to DNA Damage from Pollution Than Their Mothers (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• NIEHS-Funded Researchers Find Low-Level Ozone Increases Respiratory Risk of Asthmatic Children (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Report Shows Evidence of Recovery from Effects of Acid Rain in Northern and Eastern U.S. (Environmental Protection Agency)

• Organizations
• American Lung Association
• Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation
• Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Transportation and Air Quality
• National Center for Environmental Health
  Also available in: Spanish
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  Also available in: Spanish

• Law and Policy
• Clean Air Rules of 2004 (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act (Environmental Protection Agency)

• Children
• Air Quality Index (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards)
  Also available in: Spanish