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Environmental Organizations

• Clean Air Task Force
  Works to restore clean air and healthy environments through scientific research, public education and legal advocacy.
• Clean Air Trust
  Nonprofit watchdog group which promotes a strong, effective Clean Air Act through public education and grassroots activity.
• Clean Air Watch
  Blog for Clean Air -- latest developments on NAAQS proposals and other clean air matters
• Clear The Air
  Clear the Air is a national campaign to improve air quality by reducing emissions from coal-burning power plants.
• Earthjustice
  Earthjustice has an active program of litigation to enhance air quality.
• Environmental Defense
  Environmental advocacy organization active in the NAAQS campaign.
• National Environmental Trust
  Discover ways you can do to help reduce pollution and contact policy makers.
• Natural Resources Defense Council
  NRDC works at every level of government and in the courts to hold power companies, manufacturers and state and local authorities to strict air pollution standards.
• Save The Clean Air Act
  Take action to protect the Clean Air Act.
• Sierra Club
  Sierra Club's clean air program.
• U.S. Public Interest Research Group
  USPIRG is a lobbying organization active on clean air issues.

Health & Other Research

• AirImpacts.org - Health and Economic Impacts of Air Pollution
  Reports, articles, books and conferences on the health, economic and environmental impacts of air pollution.
• American Thoracic Society Journals Online
  Online edition of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.
• Entrez-PubMed
  PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 11 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals.
• Environmental Health Perspectives
  The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences publishes Environmental Health Perspecives, a leading journal with frequent articles about air pollution epidemiology and toxicology.
• EPA Northwest Center for Particulate Air Pollution and Health
  University of Washington's PM research center, one of five university-based research centers funded by EPA.
• Harvard-EPA Particulate Matter Center
  Harvard University's PM research center, one of five university-based research centers funded by EPA.
• Health and Clean Air Newsletter
  A quarterly newsletter summarizing key new studies on the health effects of air pollution.
• Health Effects Institute
  An auto industry/EPA sponsored institute that sponsors research on the health effects of air pollution.
• NARSTO
  U.S. - Canada - Mexico public-private partnership addressing ozone and particulate pollution.
• National Academy of Sciences Committee on PM Research Priorities
  This NAS committee has published several reports assessing research priorities, developing a conceptual research plan, and monitoring research progress toward improved understanding of the relationships between airborne particulate matter (PM), its variou
• National Center for Environmental Research
  Extensive information including abstracts, publications and reports by individual researchers and research centers funded by EPA's National Center for Environmental Research to investigate particulate air pollution monitoring, health effects, and atmosphe
• NYU-EPA Particulate Matter (PM) Health Research Center
  New York University's PM research center, one of five university-based research centers funded by EPA.
• Particulate Matter Research Activities
  An index of hundreds of ongoing research projects related to all aspects of particulate matter air pollution: health effects, exposure, emissions, and atmospheric processes.
• Southern California Particulate Center and Supersite
  A collaborative PM research center of UCLA, USC, CalTech, Rancho Los Amigos, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside funded by the California Air Resources Board, and EPA, as one of the five PM research centers.
• University of Rochester/EPA Particulate Matter Center
  University of Rochester's PM research center, one of five research centers funded by EPA.
• Wild Fire
  Information on wildfires, smoke, and health from the University of Washington.

International

• AIRNET: European Network on Air Pollution and Health
  Information to support public health policy to improve air quality in Europe.
• British Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution
  Statement on Long-Term Effects of Particles on Mortality.
• Canadian National Air Pollution Surveillance
  Canadian Air Quality Monitoring Network.
• European Community's Ozone Standards
  ECE's directive relating to ozone in ambient air, 1999.
• Health Canada: Environmental Health Publications
  Copies of the Canadian "National Ambient Air Quality Objectives For Ground Level Ozone" and "Particulate Matter Science Assessment, 1999."
• UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  British agency setting air quality standards and regulating air pollution.
• World Health Organization
  World Health Organization air quality guidelines, 2005 Global Update.

Miscellaneous Hot Links

• Congressional Research Service Fact Sheet on Proposed Revisions to Ozone NAAQS
  Backgrounder on Ozone NAAQS Review
• Environmental Defense's Citizens' Ozone Monitioring Project
  Citizens in five cities are using handheld badges to measure ozone concentrations in their backyards.
• EPA's Common Sense Primer to the Updated Health Standards
  This "common sense" primer published in September 1997 provides information on frequently asked questions concerning EPA's updated public health air quality standards.
• House Hearings on NAAQS,5/8/97
  Testimony from the House Commerce Committee's Health and Environment Subcommittee hearings on the NAAQS.
• House Oversight Committee Report on Political Interference in Setting the Ozone NAAQS
  May 20, 2008 Memo to Members of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
• Links to Nonattainment Areas, Air Quality and Emissions Data, etc.
  This site links you to information on nonattainment areas, air quality standards, air quality data, air emissions data, emissions inventories, policy memos, metorological data, Air Federal Registers, MSAs, census data, EPA information on air issues mostly
• Senate Hearings on the NAAQS, 2/5/97 and 2/12/97
  Testimony presented to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on EPA's Proposed Revisions to the NAAQS.
• The Why Files? Pollution battle looms...
  Environmental Protection Agency proposes tighter rules on air pollution; do they make sense? A report from the Why Files, Published by the University of Wisconsin with funding from NSF.
• Video Presentation on Air Pollution and Health
  C. Arden Pope III, Professor, Brigham Young University presents a slide show on the health effects of particle pollution

Public Health Organizations

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  Ambient Air Pollution: Health Hazards to Children, December 2004 Policy Statement
• American Heart Association
  American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease publushed June 1, 2004 in the journal Circulation.
• American Lung Association
  Since 1904, the American Lung Association has been working to ensure that all Americans breathe easier.
• American Public Health Association
  APHA Policy on "Confirming Need for Protective National Health-Based Air Quality Standards"
• Association of Occupational & Environmental Clinics
  Clinic roster with contact information for environmental physicians across the country.
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  AAFA is a patient organization dedicated to helping people with asthma and allergic diseases.
• Children's Environmental Health Network
  CEHN is a multidisciplinary project whose purpose is to protect the health of children as it relates to environmental hazards.
• Physician's for Social Responsibility
  PSR's Environment and Health Program.

Regional, State and Local Air Agencies

• California Air Resources Board
  California Air Resources Board (CARB), the largest state air agency. California has more stringent air quality standards than the federal standards for some pollutants.
• California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
  OEHHA is the agency responsible for reviewing the California air quality standards.
• California Report on Estimating Premature Deaths Associated with Long-term Exposures to Fine Airborne Particulate Matter
  May 2008 Draft Report form California Air Resources Board
• California Review of Ozone Standards
  Information on California's review of the state Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone.
• California Review of PM Standards
  Information on California's review of the state Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter and sulfates.
• Directory of Contacts at State Air Agencies
  How to contact the directors of state air agencies and identify their key staff on various issues.
• Directory of Local Air Pollution Control Officials
  How to contact the directors of local air pollution agencies throughout the U.S.
• MARAMA-Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association
  MARAMA was founded by Mid- Atlantic Governors, Mayors, and County Commissioners to promote cooperation and coordination among their air quality agencies.
• Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM)
  NESCAUM is an interstate association of air quality control divisions in the Northeast states.
• Ozone Transport Commission
  States from Virginia to Maine have banded together to fight regional transport of ozone pollution.
• South Coast Air Quality Managaement District
  The smog control agency for all or portions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California, where 15 million people breathe some of the dirtiest air in the US..
• STAPPA/ALAPCO: State/Local Air Pollution Control Agencies
  The State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators and the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials represent air pollution control agencies in the 54 states and territories and over 150 major metropolitan areas across the U.S.
• WESTAR - Western States Air Resources Council
  Fifteen western states working together to manage air pollution.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• 1997 New Air Quality Standards
  Links to the rule packages for the 1997 NAAQS, fact sheets on the standards, health effects, and information about the court case.
• 2006 Final Revisions to PM NAAQS
  Final Rule and Fact Sheets on EPA Revisions to Particulate Matter Air Quality Standards
• 2006 Proposal to Revise PM NAAQS
  EPA proposal for revisions to PM NAAQS, fact sheets, Regulatory Impact Assessment, How to Comment, advanced notice on implementation issues
• 2008 Revisions to Ozone Air Quality Standards
  Final Rule, Regulatory Impact Analysis, Maps of Projected Nonattainment areas for EPA's 2008 final revisions to the ozone smog standards
• Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS)
  The AIRS database for emissions and ambient monitoring data.
• AIRData
  Annual summaries of ambient air monitoring data and air pollutant emissions estimates from AIRS database. Reports list air pollutant concentrations at individual monitoring sites and air pollutant emissions from individual sources, plus county aggregate e
• Airlinks
  "What's New This Week," "Breaking News," and "Hot Topic" information from EPA's Office of Air & Radiation.
• AIRNow
  Real-time air quality monitoring data, forecasts, and webcams for ozone and fine particles.
• CASAC Ozone Review Panel
  Documents related to Clean Air Sceintific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ozone Review Panel including meeting announcements, agendas, charge memos, and CASAC review letters
• CASAC Particulate Matter Review Panel
  Documents related to Clean Air Sceintific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Particulate Matter Review Panel including meeting announcements, agendas, charge memos, and CASAC review letters
• Changes to the NAAQS Review Process
  EPA's 2007 Changes to the NAAQS Review Process
• Criteria Documents
  The National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) publishes criteria documents and risk assessments on ozone, particulate matter, and diesel particulate.
• Docket on Review of PM NAAQS
  File comments electronically and gain access to key background documents and public comments on EPA review of the NAAQS for particulate matter. Docket ID NO. EPA-HQ-OAR-2001-0017
• EPA Locator
  Find phone numbers and email addresses for EPA employees.
• EPA's Common Sense Primer to the Updated Clean Air Standards
  This "common sense" primer published in September 1997 provides information to frequently asked questions concerning EPA's updated public health air quality standards.
• EPA's Proposed Revisions to the Ozone NAAQS
  Proposed regulation, fact sheets, and background on June 22, 2007 proposed revisions
• Expanded Expert Judgment Assessment of the Concentration-Response Relationship between PM2.5 Exposure and Mortality
  2006 EPA "Expert Elicitation" Report
• NAAQS
  EPA's central depository for NAAQS related documents including Staff Papers and related technical analyses and proposed and final regulations.
• National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
  Chart of National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
• Nonattainment Areas for Criteria Pollutants
  EPA's Green Book lists nonattainment that violate the NAAQS and information about the standards.
• Ozone and Your Patients' Health
  A training course for physicians on the health effects of ozone.
• PM2.5 Data Analysis
  Analyses of PM2.5 data, contacts and resources
• Science Advisory Board
  Calenders of upcoming meetings, agendas, minutes, and reports from Science Advisory Board committees including the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC).
• Staff Papers
  Staff Papers summarize recent science and make policy recommendations on revisions to the NAAQS.
• State and Local Contacts
  Links to state and local air quality agencies in the U.S.
• Technology Transfer Network
  Collection of technical web sites containing information about many areas of air pollution science, technology, regulation, measurement, and prevention.
• The Clean Air Act
  Electronic version of the complete Clean Air Act as amended in 1990, including Sections 108 and 109 pertaining to NAAQS.
• Trends Reports
  Links to EPA's annual reports of emissions and air quality trends.

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