What future work is EPA planning to assess the health risks posed by air toxics?
A critical piece of EPA’s action plan to reduce risks posed by air toxics is to develop a better understanding of those risks. EPA has set a national goal to reduce air toxics emissions by 75% from 1993 levels and to reduce significantly the risk of cancer and other serious adverse health effects caused by air toxics. EPA set this goal to meet requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), which requires the Agency to report on the status of its progress in implementing programs. To develop the most effective strategies to meet this goal (and to assess progress in meeting the goal), the Agency needs solid information on air toxics emissions, the ambient levels of the numerous air toxics, people’s exposure to air toxics, and the health risks due to inhalation. In the past, such information, and the tools to gather the information, have been limited. Consequently, EPA has developed the National Air Toxics Assessments (NATA) initiative to develop a comprehensive unders
A critical piece of EPA’s action plan to reduce risks posed by air toxics is to develop a better understanding of those risks. EPA has set a national goal to reduce air toxics emissions by 75% from 1993 levels and to reduce significantly the risk of cancer and other serious adverse health effects caused by air toxics. EPA set this goal to meet requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), which requires the Agency to report on the status of its progress in implementing programs. To develop the most effective strategies to meet this goal (and to assess progress in meeting the goal), the Agency needs solid information on air toxics emissions, the ambient levels of the numerous air toxics, people’s exposure to air toxics, and the health risks due to inhalation. In the past, such information, and the tools to gather the information, have been limited. Consequently, EPA has developed the National Air Toxics Assessments (NATA) initiative to develop a comprehensive unders
