Advancing the Framework for Assessing Causality of Health and Welfare Effects to Inform National Ambient Air Quality Standard Reviews

by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Committee on Assessing Causality from a Multidisciplinary Evidence Base for National Ambient Air Qua, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, et al.

As part of its responsibilities under the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for the air pollutants carbon monoxide, lead, oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter, ozone, and sulfur dioxide. EPA uses a weight of evidence approach to evaluate evidence from scientific studies and describe the causal relationships between these criteria pollutants and any adverse impacts on human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309690110
• ISBN13: 9780309690119
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 186 Pages