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Air quality in America : a dose of reality on air pollution levels, trends, and health risks / Joel M. Schwartz and Steven F. Hayward.
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Schwartz, Joel, 1965-
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Language
English
Published/Created
Washington, D.C. : AEI Press ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, ©2007.
Description
xvi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Engineering Library - Stacks
TD883 .S33 2007
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Air quality
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United States
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Air
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Pollution
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Air quality management
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Government policy
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Hayward, Steven F.
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Summary note
"Air Quality in America shows in detail how activists have distorted the record on air pollution and offers an alternative analysis of air pollution levels, trends, and prospects in metropolitan areas across the United States. Schwartz and Hayward examine key air pollution issues, including inflated accounts of pollution-related health risks and the negative effects of inaccurate emission inventories on policy choices." "Clearly understanding the data on air pollution in America must be the first step toward formulating sound policies for the future. This book is a unique resource, providing scholars, journalists, and policymakers with decades of air pollution data."--Jacket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-268) and index.
Contents
Introduction
The five main findings of this study
The nation has sharply reduced air pollution levels, despite large increases in nominally "polluting" activities
Areas of the nation with the highest pollution levels have improved the most
Air quality will continue to improve
Regulators and environmental activists exaggerate air pollution levels and obscure positive trends
Air pollution affects far fewer people, far less often, and with far less severity than is commonly believed
Conclusion
1. Air quality trends before and after the Clean Air Act of 1970
Before the Clean Air Act : steady improvements in air quality
Why did air quality improve before the Clean Air Act?
More driving, more energy, more economic activity . . . and less air pollution
Trends in nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and carbon monoxide
Hazardous air pollutants
2. Ozone : historic trends and current conditions
National trends in ozone levels
The chemistry of slower progress on 8-hour ozone levels
Conclusion --
3. Particulates : historic trends and current conditions
National trends in particulate matter (PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅)
Trends in PM₂.₅
Trends in PM₁₀
4. Why air pollution will continue to decline
Overview of national pollution emission trends
Emissions sources
Continuing declines in motor vehicle emissions
Continuing declines in industrial emissions
Existing requirements will eliminate most remaining pollution emissions
5. Exaggerating air pollution levels ; obscuring positive trends
Americans' perception of air pollution
Inflating air pollution levels
Counting clean areas as polluted
Same failing grades for high- and low-pollution areas
Air quality : much worse on paper than in reality
Refuting their own claims
Making pollution decreases look like pollution increases
Climate change and air pollution
6. How many Americans live in areas that violate federal air pollution standards? Far fewer than you think
Who really lives in areas that violate federal pollution standards? --
7. Air pollution and health
How do scientists assess air pollution's health effects?
Does air pollution kill?
Does air pollution cause people to develop asthma?
Does air pollution cause permanent lung damage?
Does air pollution aggravate preexisting health problems?
Laboratory studies and short-term air pollution health effects
Does air pollution cause cancer?
Health benefits from air pollution?
Mercury and health
Conclusion : regulatory costs and Americans' health
8. Has the Clean Air Act been good for Americans?
A process-focused system
Environmentalists, regulators, and other special interests
War without end
Better ways to achieve cleaner air
Appendixes
Chapter 2 : state-by-state ozone trends
Chapter 3. : state-by-state PM₂.₅ trends
Chapter 6 : how we estimated the number of people living in areas that violate pollution standards.
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ISBN
9780844771878
0844771872
LCCN
2007021929
OCLC
145378443
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