air toxics

Air toxic

Air Toxics Information and Links


What can I do to get information on Air Toxics?

Review the 1999 Alaska Air Toxics Emission Inventory and summary webpage.

If you have questions for the Alaska Department of Enviromental Conservation, please contact:

 

Joan Hardesty
610 University Avenue
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709
Tel: 907-451-2167; Fax: 907-451-2187
Email: joan.hardesty@alaska.gov

Additional air toxics information can be found from:

Region 10, EPA

Madonna Narvaez
Region 10 Air Toxics Team Leader
USEPA Region 10, AWT-107
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
phone: (206) 553-2117
fax: (206) 553-0110
email: narvaez.madonna@epa.gov

Following are links to a variety of air toxics sites on the web:

General:

EPA - Office of Children's Health Protection: Air - http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/homepage

EPA - Toxic Release Inventory: Community Right to Know - http://www.epa.gov/tri/

EPA - Unified Air Toxics Website - http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/

EPA - Unified Air Toxics Website - Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants - http://www.epa.gov/ttnatw01/hlthef/hapindex.html

American Lung Association of Alaska - http://www.aklung.org/

Indoor Air :

American Lung Association of Minnesota - Health House - http://www.healthhouse.org/

University of Minnesota - The Minnesota Indoor Air Quality Consortium Homepage - http://www.dehs.umn.edu/Homeiaq/

Montana State University Extension Service - Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes - http://www.montana.edu/wwwcxair/

National Sanitation Foundation - Indoor Air - http://www.nsf.org/consumer/newsroom/pdf/fact_ed_iaquality.pdf

EPA - Indoor Air Facts No. 4 (revised): Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) - http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/sbs.html

EPA - Indoor Air Quality - http://www.epa.gov/iedweb00/index.html

EPA - Indoor Air Pollution: An Introduction for Health Professionals - http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/hpguide.html

EPA - Office of Air and Radiation - Indoor Air Links Page - http://www.epa.gov/radon/index.html

EPA - The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality - http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/insidest.html

Biological Indoor Air:

EPA - Biological Pollutants in Your Home - http://www.epa.gov/iaq/biologic.html

Alaska Housing:

Alaska Housing Finance Corporation - http://www.ahfc.state.ak.us/

Vehicle Emissions

EPA - Green Vehicle Guide - http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/Index.do

Environmental Toxicology and Risk

National Library of Medicine - TOXicology Data NETwork - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/toxnetfs.html

National Library of Medicine - Toxicology and Environmental Health Search Page - http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html

National Library of Medicine - Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET) Homepage - http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

Information regarding Mesothelioma, asbestos cancer - http://www.asbestos.com/

International Programme on Chemical Safety - http://www.who.int/pcs/

Risk Assessment Information System - http://rais.ornl.gov/

EPA - Integrated Risk Information System - http://www.epa.gov/iris/index.html

International Toxicity Estimates for Risk Database - http://tera.org/iter/

EPA's Agency-wide Multimedia Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Pollutants Initiative - http://www.epa.gov/pbt/pubs/accomp99.htm

EPA - National Center for Environmental Assessment - Risk Tools Guidance and Models - http://www.epa.gov/risk/

EPA - Office of Air and Radiation - Risk Assessment for Toxic Air Pollutants: A Citizen's Guide - http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/air_risc/3_90_024.html

EPA - Office of Air and Radiation - Evaluating Exposures to Toxic Air Pollutants: A Citizen's Guide - http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/air_risc/3_90_023.html

Industrial Hygiene

www.industrialhygiene.com - http://www.industrialhygiene.com/index.html

NIOSH - International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs): An International Program On Chemical Safety Project - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcs/icstart.html