Open AccessAIR QUALITY: MERCURY, TRACE ELEMENTS, AND PARTICULATE MATTER CONFERENCE
Author(s) -
John H. Pavlish,
Steven A. Benson
Publication year - 1999
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/778904
Subject(s) - particulates , air quality index , mercury (programming language) , environmental science , environmental planning , hazardous waste , air pollution , environmental resource management , environmental protection , political science , environmental engineering , engineering , waste management , meteorology , computer science , geography , chemistry , programming language , organic chemistry
This final report summarizes the planning/preparation, facilitation, and outcome of the conference entitled ''Air Quality: Mercury, Trace Elements, and Particulate Matter'' that was held December 1-4, 1998, in McLean, Virginia (on the outskirts of Washington, DC). The goal of the conference was to bring together industry, government, and the research community to discuss the critical issue of how air quality can impact human health and the ecosystem, specifically hazardous air pollutants and fine airborne particles; available and developing control technologies; strategies and research needs; and an update on federal and state policy and regulations, related implementation issues, and the framework of the future