Particulate matter and Ozone research program review: report of the Board of Scientific Counselors

Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, [2005] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)64171389 Subject: Ozone -- Environmental aspects. Excerpt: ... Is the ORD PM & O Research Program responsive to the recommendations 3 of the NRC in terms of products and outputs? Are the near-and long-term visions of the program consistent with the NRC-noted " challenges for the future "? The PM & O MYP appears to address directly NRC ( and OMB ) concerns in terms of the LTGs, 3 the plan to meet these goals, and the ways to measure progress toward these goals. In turn, the MYP also addresses the near-and long-term visions in a manner consistent with the NRC crosscutting research issues. To a large extent, this effort to be responsive is embodied in the source-attribute-health outcome concept that underlies the LTGs. By adopting this source-to-health outcome concept, it is necessary to have emissions and air quality scientists working closely with health outcome investigators. This moves EPA toward integration of efforts across disciplines, and it is necessary to develop and apply tools - measurement, modeling, and health impact methods - to move beyond PM mass toward PM biochemical properties. The source-to-health outcome concept will require the development of innovative proximity measurement techniques and demonstration studies to evaluate source apportionment modeling approaches. In addition, the adoption of the one atmosphere concept that ties PM with ozone as a foundation for research will have common threads with air toxics and hazardous air pollutants, which also will have linkages with the source-to-health outcome paradigm. Is ORD sufficiently coordinating research across categories of the risk assessment paradigm ( source, exposure, health, assessment, and management )? As noted in the MYP, each ORD laboratory is focused on one aspect related to the risk assessment paradigm. With the growing emp...