Local Air Quality Control and Health: Theory and Practice

This highly accessible book identifies the major air pollutants which cause human health concerns and examines the sources of these pollutants. With a focus on NOx gases, particulate matter, tropospheric ozone, and volatile organic compounds, part 1 covers the theory and relates these pollutants to specific health outcomes by examining the nature of anatomical/physiological systems which are affected and the mechanisms by which these effects take place.

Part 2 then covers the legal responsibilities of regulators in relation to analysis and control of local air pollution and the techniques used to measure levels of pollution. Part 3 outlines the role of the EHP in dealing with local air quality management for communities before a number of applications used to control pollution are discussed, both in terms of using the law effectively, and some technological interventions which can trap air pollution at source.

The book is principally aimed at undergraduate and/or post graduate students in Environmental Health and Public Health, and EHPs practising in the field of air quality control, but it will have relevance to students of environmental sciences, health sciences, medicine, nursing, environmental law and policy.