Air Pollution

The following resources will help you research the causes and consequences of air pollution

 Online Databases

  Health Reference Center Academic
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Health and Wellness Resource Center and
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 Internet Sites

General

 

 Air Pollution Causes and Effects: http://healthandenergy.com/air_pollution_causes.htm


Air Quality Index

http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=static.aqi

 

Air Quality Map

http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/airqualitymap.htm

 

What are the Sources of Air Pollutants?

http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/gensources.html

 

What is Your Air Quality?

http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/genpollutants.html

 
Acid Rain Acid Rain: www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=5&quicklearn_id=2&
subject_id=6&ebt=&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=

Acid Rain Web-links from Across the World: www.scienceacross.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.showcontent&node=170

Frequently Asked Questions on Acid Rain: www.madison.k12.wi.us/stugeon/acfacts.htm

Great Lakes Monitoring - Acid Rain: A Shared Problem: www.epa.gov/glnpo/monitoring/great_minds_great_lakes/social_studies/acid_rain.html

State of the Environment - Norway: www.environment.no/templates/themepage____2149.aspx#B\
 
Airplane Ventilation Planes, Trains and...Germs?: www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=47044

The Practical Traveler - Assessing Air Quality Aloft: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E2DA1E3FF93BA257
56C0A9659C8B63&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=all

U.S. Dept. of Transportation - Cabin Air Quality: http://testimony.ost.dot.gov/test/pasttest/03test/Jordan1.htm
 
Asthma California - Air Resource Board - Asthma and Air Pollution: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/asthma/asthma.htm

EPA - Asthma and Outdoor Air Pollution: www.epa.gov/airnow//health-prof/Asthma_Flyer_Final.pdf

Natural Resources Defense Council: Asthma and Air Pollution: http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/fasthma.asp
 
Catalytic Converters Everyday Science - Catalytic Converters: http://www.nsls.bnl.gov/about/everyday/catalytic.html

How Stuff Works: How Catalytic Converters Work: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/catalytic-converter2.htm

NCPA - Do Catalytic Converters Cause Global Warming? http://www.ncpa.org/pd/regulat/pd121698c.html
 
Clean Air Act EPA - Plain English Guide to The Clean Air Act:www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/peg_caa/pegcaain.html

National Safety Council - Clean Air Act: http://www.nsc.org/EHC/mobile/acback.htm

Threats to the Clean Air Act: http://www.cleartheair.org/threats/
 
Coal Power Coal-Fired Power Plants: http://www.eas.asu.edu/~holbert/eee463/coal.html

Coal Power Plants Face Uncertain Hurdles: www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070319/NEWS02/703190432

U. S. Department of Energy - Clean Coal and Natural Gas Power Plants: www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/index.html

Coal Fired Power Plants are Big Contributors of Sooty Particle Pollution in Eastern States: www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=3842
 
Ethanol vs. Gasoline Corn Based Ethanol Does Indeed Achieve Energy Benefits: http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/TA/267.pdf

Ethanol 85 Versus Unleaded Gasoline: http://aaae.okstate.edu/proceedings/2005/Articles/556.pdf

National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition: http://www.e85fuel.com/news/071202fyi.htm
 
Haze & Smog Air Pollution from Other Countries Drifts into the US: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-13-pollution-_x.htm

BBC News: Haze Bad for Health: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/04/98/haze_98/63064.stm

EPA: Half of USA Breathing Illegal Levels of Smog: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2004-04-15-air-quality-ap_x.htm
 
NAAQS Air Now - Air Quality Index: http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=static.aqi

EPA Air Trends - Design Values: http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/values.html

EPA National Ambient Air Quality Standards: http://www.epa.gov/air/criteria.html
 
Radon Gas BBC News - Radon Gas Linked to Cancer Deaths: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4113765.stm

EPA - Citizens Guide to Radon: http://www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/citguide.html

National Cancer Institute: Radon and Cancer Questions and Answers: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/radon
 
Sick Building Syndrome American Lung Association - Sick Building Syndrome: www.nsc.org/ehc/indoor/sbs.htm

EPA Sick Building Syndrome: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/sbs.html

National Safety Council - Sick Building Syndrome: http://www.nsc.org/ehc/indoor/sbs.htm
 
Stratospheric Ozone Reduction EPA - Ozone Depletion: http://www.epa.gov/ozone/

Loss of Stratospheric Ozone and Health Effects of Increased Radiation: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/docs/001-561/001-561.html

NAS - Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/Ozone/

NOAA - Stratospheric Ozone: http://www.ozonelayer.noaa.gov/

The Ozone Hole: http://www.theozonehole.com/
 

 

If you do not find what you're looking for in the above resources, try the search tips listed below.
 

 Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.google.com or www.google.com etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "air pollution", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites on air pollution as opposed to all of the sites containing the word air plus all of the sites containing the word pollution.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something specific about air pollution, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For instance; if I wanted to find out about the causes and effects,  I would enter the following:

    "air pollution", causes, effects

    Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     

  5. Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:

     

  6. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.
 

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