RATING OF THE MAJOR AIR POLLUTANTS AND THEIR SOURCES BY EFFECT

THE AVAILABLE NATIONAL ANNUAL AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS ARE BASED ON POLLUTANT MASS. DIFFERENT AIR POLLUTANTS HAVE GREATLY DIFFERENT TOXICITIES PER UNIT MASS, HENCE THE EMISSIONS SHOULD BE RATED BY EFFECT, NOT BY MASS, SO THAT MORE SENSIBLE PRIORITIES CAN BE SET IN CONTROL RESEARCH AND REGULATION. EFFECT FACTORS ARE DERIVED FROM THE HEALTH EFFECT LITERATURE INDIRECTLY BY USING THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. THE RESULTING ANALYSIS BY EFFECTS SHOWS TRANSPORTATION TO BE STILL THE LARGEST SOURCE AS IT IS IN THE MASS ANALYSIS. HYDROCARBONS BECOME THE LARGEST POLLUTANTS BY EFFECT COMPARED TO CARBON MONOXIDE, THE LARGEST POLLUTANT BY MASS. /AUTHOR/

• Authors:
  • WALTHER, E G
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 352-5
• Serial:
  • Air Pollution Control Association, Journal of
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Air Pollution Control Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Contaminants; Measurement; Pollution; Standards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sources
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223872
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1972 12:00AM