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64) Pollution crisis
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Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explore the causes and effects of pollution, from the dumping of toxic wastes to habitat destruction, and what we are trying to do to help our planet.
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The Division has prepared a table listing indoor air remediation goals and action levels for a number of volatile organic compounds to be used at sites where vapor intrusion may be a concern. This was prompted in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) having released a new assessment of the health effects of trichloroethene (TCE) and tetrachloroethene (PCE), two commonly used degreasing solvents.
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
This report discusses results for ambient air toxics monitoring conducted at three locations in Denver during the year May 2002 through April 2003. The air monitoring project discussed in this report did not include monitoring for semi-volatile organic compounds. Thus, potential health effects for inhalation of pesticides or diesel emissions cannot be assessed. These compounds have not been monitored in recent years, except at some specific hazardous...