Health effects of ambient PM— an update

Oct 22, 1999

Directive 1999/30/EC was adopted in April of this year by the Council of the European Union. This is the first Daughter Directive established under the Air Quality Framework Directive. The Directive specifies limit values for a series of pollutants in ambient air,...

Exposure profiles

Oct 1, 1999

The risk assessment of chemical substances is based on a comparison of the potential adverse effects of a substance at given concentrations with the known or foreseeable exposure for man and the environment. Identification of the intrinsic hazards of a substance...

Оverview and critique of the air pollution and health: a European approach (APHEA) project

May 17, 1999

Report no. 99/54: The relationship between air pollution and adverse health outcomes is a subject of current concern in the area of environmental health. The Air Pollution and Health: a European Approach (APHEA) project is a co-ordinated study of the short-term...

Scientific basis for an air quality standard for nickel

Apr 17, 1999

Report no. 99/53: The health effects due to nickel exposure are reviewed in this document for the purposes of understanding the scientific basis for an Air Quality Standard (AQS). The report provides an overview of two approaches for deriving a nickel AQS by...

Pilot study to investigate airborne benzene levels in service station kiosks

Jun 21, 1998

Report no. 98/53: This report describes the results of a small pilot study which was carried out in two service stations in the UK. The purpose of the study was to compare the concentrations of benzene in the forecourt air with that in the kiosk at each of the service...