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Evaluating The Impact Of Fine Particulate Matter Pollution Standards On Mortality Rates In The Southeastern United States, Lauren Wice
MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continuously monitors six criteria pollutants that are known to have impacts on public health and welfare. One of these pollutants, fine particulate matter, or PM2.5 (which includes particles that are smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter), is easily inhalable and can enter the lining of the lungs and the bloodstream, posing a great risk to human health. Standards for allowable concentrations of PM2.5 were amended in 1997, 2006, and again in 2012, becoming increasingly stringent each time. According to the EPA, health organizations, and other research studies, these particles can specifically contribute to …
Slides: Colorado Law: Protecting Water Quantity And Quality, Alan E. Curtis
Slides: Colorado Law: Protecting Water Quantity And Quality, Alan E. Curtis
Monitoring and Protecting Groundwater During Oil and Gas Development (November 26)
Presenter: Alan E. Curtis, White & Jankowski, LLP
23 slides
Slides: Research On Ground Water Monitoring, Matt Samelson
Slides: Research On Ground Water Monitoring, Matt Samelson
Monitoring and Protecting Groundwater During Oil and Gas Development (November 26)
Presenter: Matt Samelson, Natural Resources Law Center and the Donnell-Kay Foundation
12 slides
Agenda: Air Quality Protection In The West, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Agenda: Air Quality Protection In The West, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Air Quality Protection in the West (November 27-28)
Conference organizers, session moderators and/or speakers included University of Colorado School of Law professor Mark S. Squillace.
Visibility, acid rain, air toxics, and urban air pollution are the topics of an upcoming Center conference on air quality in the West. The conference will be held at the School of Law in Boulder on November 27-28, 1989. Presentations will describe the nature and scope of the issues, the existing legal framework and experience with its implementation, and proposed changes in the law. Emphasis will be placed on air quality issues in the West and efforts underway to address these problems. Special …
Pesticide Regulation And The Farm Worker, R. Craig Loveless
Pesticide Regulation And The Farm Worker, R. Craig Loveless
IUSTITIA
It has long been recognized that many pesticide products offer a potential hazard, which if unregulated, may result in injury or death. The development of highly toxic pesticides during the last decade has created a need for stricter regulation of pesticide use in the agricultural community. Specifically, the farm worker of today is in need of legislative protection from exposure to deadly chemical agents now being used to control pests and disease in the fields and orchards. Regulating the handling and use of these dangerous pesticides is but one way to protect the farmer, the farm worker, and the environment. …