Scientific Facts on
Air Pollution Particulate Matter
Air Pollution Links
- Factual links
Some of the websites providing reliable scientific information on Particulate Matter:
See also our page containing sites linking to this Digest
1. Factual links
1.1 Information on air pollution for non-specialists
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Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment
www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/english.html

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
- FAQs on ground level ozone: www.epa.gov/air/oaqps/gooduphigh/
- FAQs on particulate matter: www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/naaqsfin/pmhealth.html
- Information on common air pollutants: www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/6poll.html
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The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) proposes
"FAQs on the Health Effects of Air Pollution": http://acsp.cpha.ca/cleanair/FAQ.pdf
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Environment, Health and Safety Online (EHSO) proposes
FAQs on Air Pollution: www.ehso.com/ehshome/airpollutionfaqs.php
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MedlinePlus, an information service of the US National Library of Medecine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), provides information on Air Pollution
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/airpollution.html
1.2 Institutions addressing air pollution
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WHO Regional Office for Europe "Air quality and health" pages, including WHO Air quality guidelines":
www.euro.who.int/air

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The Environment DG of the European Commission presents its policies regarding air pollution at:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/index_en.htm

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The European Environment Agency (EEA) presents its environmental theme on air at:
http://themes.eea.eu.int/Specific_media/air
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US EPA presents its resources and policies on Air Pollutants:
www.epa.gov/air/airpollutants.html
1.3 Some local day-to-day air quality monitoring
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Day to day mapping of pollution peaks in Europe (in French)
www.notre-planete.info/environnement/picsactus.php
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The Belgian site of the Interregional Cell for the Environment on ambient air quality in the Belgian Regions updated daily:
www.irceline.be

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The cross-agency U.S. Government Web site that offers daily Air Quality Index forecasts as well as real-time conditions for over 300 cities across the US:
http://airnow.gov
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The UK National Air Quality Information Archive proposes questions and answers on air pollution as well as air pollution bulletins updated hourly:
www.airquality.co.uk

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The London Air Quality Network:
www.londonair.org.uk



