Air toxics definition

Air toxics means the air pollutants that have been determined by the EQC to cause, or reasonably be anticipated to cause, adverse effects to human health or the environment and are listed in OAR 340-245-8020 Table 2.
Air toxics means those pollutants known or suspected to cause cancer or other serious health effects, including but not limited to "hazardous air pollutants" or "HAPs" listed by the EPA pursuant tounder section 112(b) of the Federal Clean Air Act.
Air toxics means the air pollutants listed in OAR 340-245-8020 Table 2. Such pollutants are known to cause adverse health effects when present at high enough concentrations in ambient air and when people inhale them for a sufficient length of time with sufficient frequency.

Examples of Air toxics in a sentence

  • Air toxics for which the upper 95% confidence limit on the mean concentration are near or below the noncancer-based comparison level are generally of low concern and will generally be considered a low priority for follow-up activity.

  • Air toxics for which this upper confidence limit is near or below the noncancer-based comparison level (i.e., those for which longer-term average concentration estimates are below a long-term health-related reference concentration) are generally of low concern and will generally be considered a low priority for follow-up activity.

  • Air toxics and epigenetic effects: Ozone altered microRNAs in the sputum of human subjects.

  • Situations where the summary statistics for a pollutant are below this comparison level but above 1% of this level are fully discussed in the text of the report.b Air toxics for which the upper 95% confidence limit on the mean concentration are near or below the noncancer-based comparison level are generally of low concern and will generally be considered a low priority for follow-up activity.

  • Air toxics and early childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia in Texas, a population based case control study.

  • Air toxics for which the upper 95% confidence limit on the mean concentration is above this level will be fully discussed in the text and may be considered a priority for potential follow-up activities, if indicated in light of the full set of information available for the site.

  • The public health threat from diesel school bus emissions is threefold:➤ Air toxics.

  • Air toxics and epigenetic effects: ozone altered microRNAs in the sputum of human subjects.

  • Such pollutants, with long-term mean concentrations below the Agency’s traditional acceptable risk range, are generally considered to pose negligible risk.− Air toxics with long-term mean concentrations above the acceptable risk range would generally be a priority for follow-up activities.

  • Air toxics are generally a subset of compounds making up VOC, so the reduction trends tend to track the VOC reductions presented above.


More Definitions of Air toxics

Air toxics means the air pollutants listed in OAR 340-245-8020 Table 2 that are known to cause adverse health effects when present at high enough concentrations in ambient air and when people inhale them for a sufficient length of time with sufficient frequency. If this definition conflicts with the definition in OAR chapter 340 division 245, then the definition in OAR chapter 340 division 245 must be used.

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