Closing thoughts

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Closing thoughts

• John Dege, DuPont
• Representing the chemical industrys
  Acrylonitrile Group

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Ambient vs. Toxics Program

• Investigation of health effects
• Emissions inventory
• Ambient monitoring and modeling
• System to determine which emissions to control.
• Federal/state/local coordination

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1999 NATA Cancer Risk
Source Ted Palma, OAQPS April 15, 2004
DRAFT results
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Summary

• Carefully research the health effects
• Spend the effort to determine what is being
  emitted and by whom.
• Determine fate and transport and who is really at
  risk.
• Determine which types of sources are the real
  risk problems and change our programs accordingly
• Better integrate our federal, state, and local
  air toxics programs.