the air that we breathe
nothing Words...
Air Mass Murderer, Harvey Black, Weatherwise, Aug./Sept. 1996, pp. 11-12.

Air Pollution and Mortality in Elderly People: A Time-Series Study in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Paulo Saldiva et al, Archives of Environmental Health, 3/4 1995, p. 159-63.

An Association Between Air Pollution and Mortality in Six U.S. Cities, Douglas Dockery et al, New England Journal of Medicine, 12/9/93 (and discussion 4/28/94.

E.P.A. Advocating Higher Standards to Clean the Air, John Cushman, The New York Times, 11/25/96, p. A1.

E.P.A. Puts Forth Proposal for Tightened Air Standards, John Cushman, The New York Times, 11/28/96, p. A1.

Environmental Lung Disease, John Lee and Lucy Manning, New Science, 9/16/95, Inside Science, pp. 1-4.

Mounting Evidence Ties Asthma to Car Fumes, Fred Pearce, New Science, 10/1/94, p. 4.

Particulate Air Pollution and Acute Health Effects, Anthony Seaton et al, Lancet, 1/21/95, pp. 176-9.

Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality in a Prospective Sample of U.S. Adults, C. Arden Pope III et al, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 5/95, V. 151 pp. 669-74.

Smog from Space, Gunjan Sinha, Scientific American, 9/96, p. 26 ff.

Soot Morphology: An Application of Image Analysis in High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy, Arpad Palotas et al, Microscopy Research and Technique, 33:266-78, 1996.

Stricter Air Rules Could Place Focus on the Midwest, John Cushman, The New York Times, 12/1/96, p. A1.

The Effects of Air Pollution on Children, David Bates, Environmental Health Perspectives, Sept. 1995, issue 6, pp. 49 ff.

The Miner's Canary, Chris Renaud, Environment, 6/94, p. 24 ff.

WHO Sets New Guidelines for Air Pollution, Douglas Carnall, British Medical Journal, 11/11/95, p. 1246.

For the web...
EPA's 1997 fact sheet on ozone and particulate standards.

NASA has a Spy-in-the-Sky called the Earth Observing System.

The Natural Resources Defense Council studied the health effects of fine particulates.

Are tiny particles causing 1,000 early deaths in San Diego?

Environment Canada report on particles.

Info from the U.S. state air-quality regulators.

The EPA maintains this helpful page on pollution from cars, trucks and other mobile sources.


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