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United States Environmental Protection Agency
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About: United States Environmental Protection Agency is a government organization based out in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Environmental exposure. The organization has 13873 authors who have published 26902 publications receiving 1191729 citations. The organization is also known as: EPA & Environmental Protection Agency.
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TL;DR: After the workshop an effort was made to determine what single protocol would satisfy the requirements set for the micronucleus test by as many regulatory agencies as possible, including the requirements of six regulatory authorities in Canada, the European Economic Community, the Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development, Japan, and the United States.
Abstract: The workshop was designed to present what is known about the production of micronuclei, what protocols are now accepted or proposed internationally, what new results have been obtained, and what new methods and protocols are likely to be forthcoming. This report is designed to convey the flavour of the workshop and to provide the essence of the new information. After the workshop an effort was made to determine what single protocol would satisfy the requirements set for the micronucleus test by as many regulatory agencies as possible. The result, reported here, includes the requirements of six regulatory authorities in Canada, the European Economic Community, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Japan, and the United States.
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TL;DR: The Framework for Metals Risk Assessment is a science-based document that describes basic principles that address the special attributes and behaviors of metals and metal compounds to be considered when assessing their human health and ecological risks.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors use the photochemical Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model in conjunction with ambient monitored data to create fused surfaces of summer season average 8-hour ozone and annual mean PM2.5 levels at a 12 km grid resolution.
Abstract: Ground-level ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) are associated with increased risk of mortality. We quantify the burden of modeled 2005 concentrations of O3 and PM2.5 on health in the United States. We use the photochemical Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model in conjunction with ambient monitored data to create fused surfaces of summer season average 8-hour ozone and annual mean PM2.5 levels at a 12 km grid resolution across the continental United States. Employing spatially resolved demographic and concentration data, we assess the spatial and age distribution of air-pollution-related mortality and morbidity. For both PM2.5 and O3 we also estimate: the percentage of total deaths due to each pollutant; the reduction in life years and life expectancy; and the deaths avoided according to hypothetical air quality improvements. Using PM2.5 and O3 mortality risk coefficients drawn from the long-term American Cancer Society (ACS) cohort study and National Mortality and Morbidity Air Pollution Study (NMMAPS), respectively, we estimate 130,000 PM2.5-related deaths and 4,700 ozone-related deaths to result from 2005 air quality levels. Among populations aged 65‐99, we estimate nearly 1.1 million life years lost from PM2.5 exposure and approximately 36,000 life years lost from ozone exposure. Among the 10 most populous counties, the percentage of deaths attributable to PM2.5 and ozone ranges from 3.5% in San Jose to 10% in Los Angeles. These results show that despite significant improvements in air quality in recent decades, recent levels of PM2.5 and ozone still pose a nontrivial risk to public health.
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TL;DR: The state of the science on the impacts of urban design on human health and well-being is surveyed, drawing primarily on recent peer-reviewed literature in a broad array of health, planning, and environmental fields, and the influence of design at three spatial scales is outlined.
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01 Feb 1994TL;DR: A broad overview of current research in the emerging field of environmental aquatic and surface photochemistry can be found in this paper, where selected reviews and current research articles are blended to provide an in-depth treatment of various aspects of this research area.
Abstract: Aquatic and Surface Photochemistry provides a broad overview of current research in the emerging field of environmental aquatic and surface photochemistry. Selected reviews and current research articles are blended to provide an in-depth treatment of various aspects of this research area. The first part of the text deals with photochemistry in the environment, covering recent research on the following topics: aquatic photochemistry of organic pollutants and agrochemicals, photochemical cycling of carbon and transition metals (especially iron), photochemical formation of reactive oxygen species in natural waters, photoreaction in cloud and rain droplets, and photoreactions on environmental surfaces (soil, ash, metal, oxide). The second part provides discussions and data on both heterogeneous photocatalytic and homogeneous processes, with topics ranging from applications to mechanistic studies. These chapters illustrate the wide diversity of pollutant classes that are degradable by photochemical techniques and the effects of various reaction conditions on the rates and efficiency of the techniques. Current kinetic studies are presented, which provide new information about the role of adsorption and the nature of the reactive oxidizing species that mediate these photoremediation processes. This book will interest civil, chemical, and environmental engineers, as well as chemists, soil scientists, geochemists, and atmospheric chemists.
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Joel Schwartz | 183 | 1149 | 109985 |
Timothy A. Springer | 167 | 669 | 122421 |
Chien-Jen Chen | 128 | 655 | 66360 |
Matthew W. Gillman | 126 | 529 | 55835 |
J. D. Hansen | 122 | 975 | 76198 |
Dionysios D. Dionysiou | 116 | 675 | 48449 |
John P. Giesy | 114 | 1162 | 62790 |
Douglas W. Dockery | 105 | 244 | 57461 |
Charles P. Gerba | 102 | 692 | 35871 |
David A. Savitz | 99 | 572 | 32947 |
Stephen Polasky | 99 | 354 | 59148 |
Judith C. Chow | 96 | 427 | 32632 |
Diane R. Gold | 95 | 443 | 30717 |
Scott L. Zeger | 95 | 377 | 78179 |
Rajender S. Varma | 95 | 672 | 37083 |