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Environmental Quality

Studies in this area focus on effects of pollutants, toxicants, and human activities on air quality, water quality, and ecology and ecosystems, and on issues related to waste disposal and cleanup.

Activities in Environmental Quality are overseen by:

Recent Reports

	Global Sources of Local Pollution: An Assessment of Long-Range Transport of Key Air Pollutants to and from the United States (2009)
	Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 8 (2009)
	Review of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plan Health Inspection Service Response to Petitions to Reclassify the Light Brown Apple Moth as a Non-Actionable Pest: A Letter Report (2009)
	Letter Report on the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (2009)
	Letter Report on the WATERS Network Science Plan (2009)
	Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune: Assessing Potential Health Effects (2009)
	Disaster Risk Management in an Age of Climate Change: A Summary of the April 3, 2008 Workshop of the Disasters Roundtable (2009)
	Nutrient Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico (2008)
	Urban Stormwater Management in the United States (2008)
	Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, Volume 7 (2008)