Clean air for some: Unintended spillover effects of regional air pollution policies

Influence of regional development policies and clean technology adoption on future air pollution exposure

Future air pollution emissions in the year 2030 were estimated for the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) in central California using a combined system of land use, mobile, off-road, stationary, area, and biogenic emissions models. Four scenarios were developed that use different assumptions about the density of development and level of investment in transportation infrastructure to accommodate the expec...

Clean indoor air policies in Wisconsin workplaces.

OBJECTIVE To describe the nature and extent of workplace environmental tobacco smoke exposures in Wisconsin. METHODS Descriptive data and confidence intervals from the Current Population Survey tobacco supplements of 1995-1996 and 1998-1999 are presented. RESULTS The percent of indoor workers working under a smoke-free policy increased slightly, from 62% in 1995-1996 to 65% in 1998-1999. Re...

Air pollution: health hazards and policies.

Health effects of air pollution: some historical notes.

As I understand the objectives of this symposium, they are at least 2-fold: to describe some of the advances in the environmental health sciences in the past 40 years, and to acknowledge some of the roles of the Institute of Environmental Medicine in these scientific advances. This is a pleasant task and the occasion for a happy anniversary celebration. In my comments on air pollution, I expect...

Health Effects of Air Pollution

An air pollutant is known as a substance in the air that can cause harm to humans and the environment. Pollutants can be in the form of solid particles, liquid droplets, or gases. In addition, they may be natural or man-made. Pollutants can be classified as either primary or secondary. Air pollution, both indoors and outdoors, is a major environmental health problem affecting everyone in develo...