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AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING
Citation:
Zweidinger, R B. AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING. Presented at International Workshop on Air Quality Management, Beijing, China, April 26-28, 2000.
Description:
The primary objective of this workshop is to exchange information on available scientific bases for environmental regulatory decision making to senior Chinese decision-makers in a readily understandable format in order to expedite appropriate control measures in China. The Pollution Control Working Group of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED-PCWG), in its April 1999 meeting agreed upon the urgent need to improve the effectiveness of this type of information exchange and technology transfer for enhanced protection of public health. In order to fill this need, a consensus was reached to conduct a series of briefing sessions for senior decision-makers in a workshop format in non-technical language. Particulate Matter (PM) regulation will be used as a case study since it serves as a good example of the necessity for comprehensive, well-organized, and timely information exchange. In this workshop, the Chinese will describe the current state of air pollution control in China, and senior US officials and European experts will describe advances made in PM regulations over the last three decades. Presentations by EPA's NERL representative to the workshop will cover ambient air quality monitoring (instrumentation, evaluation of measurement methods, sampling and analysis) and human exposure assessment: indoor & outdoor.
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