Air Quality Bureau
Links to Health and Environmental Information on Air Pollutants from Trash Burning
Common Pollutants
SULFUR DIOXIDE U.S. EPA Fact Sheet
CARBON MONOXIDE U.S. EPA Fact Sheet
NITROGEN OXIDE U.S. EPA Fact Sheet
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (OZONE PRECURSORS) U.S. EPA Fact Sheet
PARTICULATE MATTER U.S. EPA Fact Sheet
METHANE U.S. EPA Greenhouse Gas web site
Toxic Air Pollutants
ACETONE
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Fact Sheet
BENZENE
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Health Effects Notebook Fact Sheet
About these Fact Sheets
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Fact Sheet
CHLOROBENZENES
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Health Effects Notebook Fact Sheet
About these Fact Sheets
U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Fact Sheet and Support Document (Adobe Acrobat format)
DICHLOROBENZENES
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Health Effects Notebook Fact Sheet
About these Fact Sheets
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Fact Sheet
POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO DIOXINS (PCDDs) AND POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO FURANS (PCDFs)
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) Chemical Fact Sheet
U.S. EPA National Center for Environmental Assessment Dioxin Web Site
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Fact Sheet - Dioxins
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Fact Sheet - Furans
New Hampshire Dioxin Reduction Strategy
U.S. EPA Endocrine Disruptors Research Initiative
HEXACHLOROBENZENE
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Health Effects Notebook Fact Sheet
About these Fact Sheets
U.S. EPA Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) Chemical Fact Sheet
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Fact Sheet
U.S. EPA Endocrine Disruptors Research Initiative
HYDROGEN CHLORIDE (HYDROCHLORIC ACID)
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Health Effects Notebook Fact Sheet
About these Fact Sheets
HYDROGEN CYANIDE (HYDROCYANIC ACID)
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Health Effects Notebook Fact Sheet
About these Fact Sheets
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Fact Sheet
NAPHTHALENE
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Fact Sheet
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHs) or POLYCYCLIC ORGANIC MATTER (POM)
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Health Effects Notebook Fact Sheet
About these Fact Sheets
U.S. EPA Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) Chemical Fact Sheet (for Benzo(a)pyrene, one member of PAH group)
About PBTs
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Fact Sheet
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs)
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Health Effects Notebook Fact Sheet
About these Fact Sheets
U.S. EPA Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) Chemical Fact Sheet
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Fact Sheet
U.S. EPA Endocrine Disruptors Research Initiative
PHENOL
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Health Effects Notebook Fact Sheet
About these Fact Sheets
STYRENE
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Health Effects Notebook Fact Sheet
About these Fact Sheets
U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Fact Sheet and Support Document (Adobe Acrobat format)
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Fact Sheet
TRICHLOROBENZENES
California Toxic Air Contaminant Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat format)
from California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant List
U.S. EPA Health Effects Notebook Fact Sheet
About these Fact Sheets
U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Fact Sheet and Support Document (Adobe Acrobat format)