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Main Title The Pittsburgh air pollution episode of November 17-21, 1975 : air quality /
Author Baty, Douglas W. ; Sune, Jose M. ; Hinton., David O.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Sune, Jose M.
Hinton, David O.
CORP Author Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C. Population Studies Div.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health Effects Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA/600/1-77/014
Stock Number PB 266 376
OCLC Number 42836418
Subjects Air--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pollution--Measurement
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Environmental surveys ; Pennsylvania ; Municipalities ; Public health ; Data acquisition ; Hazards ; Concentration(Composition) ; Air pollution sampling ; Pittsburgh(Pennsylvania) ; Air pollution episodes
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000Y9MI.PDF
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
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Status
EJAD  EPA 600/1-77-014 Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 01/14/2000
EJBD  EPA 600-1-77-014 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 01/17/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/1-77-014 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 06/06/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-1-77-014 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
NTIS  PB-266 376 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation v, 36 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
In November 1975 a serious air stagnation problem developed over Western Pennsylvania, with extremely heavy air pollution in the Pittsburgh area. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Health Effects Research Laboratory (HERL) mobilized a team of air monitoring and epidemiological personnel to study the nature of pollutants and to determine the possible health effects from this pollution. By Wednesday, November 19, pollution levels reached emergency stage, as determined by the standards of the Allegheny County Health Department, with particulate concentrations measuring 7.0 COH/1000 ft. for a 24-hr. average. HERL sent an EPA Community Health Air Monitoring Program (CHAMP) mobile monitoring laboratory van from Research Triangle Park, North Carolina to provide independent verification of the Allegheny County monitoring data. School children were tested for pulmonary function near the site of monitoring facilities. This report describes and discusses EPA's monitoring effort during and after the pollution alert.
Notes
"EPA-600/1-77-014." References : p. 14.