EPA Targets Three Air Toxics For Research As CAAAC Weighs New Rules

EPA appears to be targeting three air toxics of concern -- acrolein, carbonyls and naphthalene -- for further research on their health effects, which could potentially help inform the future of the agency's air toxics program as its Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) weighs which toxics EPA should target in future regulations. Acrolein and naphthalene are both listed in the agency's recent second Integrated Urban Air Toxics report as pollutants from mobile sources, although some stationary sources such as...