Additional Resources for Teaching Children About Air Pollution
Asbestos
USEPA Asbestos Basic Information: Where Can Asbestos be Found?
NYSDOH: Building and Home Owners Asbestos Guide
Benzene
USEPA Technology Transfer Network Air Toxics Web Site - sources of potential exposure and health effects
USEPA: Final Rule to Reduce Mobile Source Air Toxics - EPA limits amount of benzene in gasoline
Carbon Monoxide
NYSDOH: Hazard Alert: Carbon Monoxide
USEPA Indoor Air Quality (IAQ): Protect Your Family & Yourself from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
AirNow Air Quality Index: A Guide to Air Quality and Your Health
Dioxin
National Academy of Sciences Report on Dioxins
NYSDOH: Chemicals in Sportfish and Game: 2008-2009 Health Advisories
Freon
USEPA: Questions and Answers on Alternative Refrigerants
Hydrogen Chloride
DEC's Acid Rain Overview - Note: this link will bring you to another page on the DEC website
Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation - acid rain monitoring in NYS
Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation: Acid Rain and the Adirondacks: A Research Summary
Sierra Club: Power Plant Poisons
Lead
USEPA: Why Do You Need to Be Concerned About Lead?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Lead
Monroe County, NY: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Mercury
USEPA: Fish Consumption Advisories
NYDOH: Chemicals in Sportfish and Game: Health Advisories
DEC's Mercury Management - Note: this link will bring you to another page on the DEC website
Ozone
USEPA Ground-level Ozone: Basic Information
USEPA Ground-level Ozone: Health and Environment
AirNow: Air Quality Guide for Ozone
DEC's About Ozone - Note: this link will bring you to another page on the DEC website
PM10
USEPA: AIRTrends 1995 Summary Particulate Matter (PM-10)
USEPA: Particulate Matter Health and Environment
California Air Resources Board: Air Pollution-Particulate Matter Brochure
AirNow: Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution
NYSDOH Fine Particles (PM2.5) Questions and Answers
Minnesota Department of Health: Air Quality Particles and Your Health
Dirk Felton, NYSDEC, NYSERDA Conference Presentation (PDF) (1.3 MB, 27 pgs)
Sulphur Dioxide
USEPA: Six Common Air Pollutants - Sulfur Dioxide
Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry: ToxFAQs for Sulphur Dioxide
Nitrogen Oxides
USEPA: Information about Nitrogen Dioxide
USEPA: Nitrogen Oxides-Emissions by Source
DEC's Acid Rain Questions and Answers - Note: this link will bring you to another page on the DEC website
