Health and Medical Guide to Poisoning, Toxicology and Environmental Health Air Pollution Health information topics about Air Pollution: Children 1. Air Quality Index Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards http://www.epa.gov/airnow/aqikids/index.html Law and Policy 1. Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/peg_caa/pegcaain.html Organizations 1. American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/ 2. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and http://www.epa.gov/oar/ 3. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Transpo http://www.epa.gov/oms/ 4. National Center for Environmental Health http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ 5. National Institute of Environmental Health Science http://www.niehs.nih.gov/ 6. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Qua http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/ Overviews 1. Tox Town National Library of Medicine http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ 2. Outdoor Air Pollution: Possible Health Effects American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/085.xml 3. Air Quality Index (AQI) - AIRNow Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/airnow/ 4. About Air Toxics Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/allabout.html Pictures/Diagrams 1. State of the Air 2005 American Lung Association http://lungaction.org/reports/stateoftheair2005.html Prevention/Screening 1. What You Can Do to Clean the Air Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation http://www.epa.gov/air/actions/ 2. Green Vehicle Guide Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/ 3. What You Should Know about Reducing Diesel Exhaust Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Transportation and Air Quality http://www.epa.gov/otaq/schoolbus/420f03038.pdf Related Issues 1. Cleaning Up Our Land, Water and Air Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/swerrims/cleanup/index.html 2. TOXNET Databases National Library of Medicine http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ 3. Volcanos Can Impact Air Quality Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/airnow/volcano-events.html 4. Airborne Allergens: Something in the Air National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/allergens/airborne_allergens.pdf 5. Air Where I Live Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards http://www.epa.gov/airnow/where/ 6. Air Quality Index. A Guide to Air Quality and Your Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards http://www.epa.gov/airnow/aqibroch/ 7. How Sulfur Dioxide Affects the Way We Live &am Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/so2/index.html 8. Air Pollution and Exercise American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36292 9. 8-Hour Ground-Level Ozone Designation FAQ's Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/ozonedesignations/faq.htm 10. Risk Assessment for Toxic Air Pollutants: A Citize Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/3_90_024.html 11. Particulate Matter American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35356 12. Evaluating Exposures to Air Pollutants: A Citizen& Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/3_90_023.html 13. Forest Fires and Respiratory Health American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36064 14. How Lead Affects the Way We Live & Breathe Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/lead/index.html 15. How Nitrogen Oxides Affect the Way We Live and Bre Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/nox/index.html 16. How Particulate Matter Affects the Way We Live &am Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/pm/index.html 17. How Smoke from Fires Can Affect Your Health Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/airnow/smoke2/smokecover.html 18. Backyard Burning: Human Health Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/backyard/health.htm 19. Nonroad Diesel Equipment Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/nonroad-diesel/basicinfo.htm 20. Ozone: Good Up High, Bad Nearby Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/gooduphigh/ 21. Particle Pollution and Your Health Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards http://www.epa.gov/airnow/state_local/particles_health_effects.pdf Research 1. New Study of New York City Residents Shows That Ne National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2004/niehs-23.htm 2. New Research Shows Air Pollution Can Reduce Childr National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2004/niehs-08a.htm 3. For Smokers, Air Pollution Is a Drag On the Heart American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3016869 4. America's Children and the Environment Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/envirohealth/children/ 5. 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