Contact EPA Pacific Southwest Air Program
Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
Assessing Outdoor Air Near Schools
Additional Resources
Healthy School Environments
- EPA Healthy School Environments
- The Green Schools Initiative: Green Schools Resources
- US EPA Schools Siting Resources
- California Department of Toxic Substances Control: Evaluating and Cleaning-Up School Sites
Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools
Indoor Air Quality - General
- Indoor Air Quality | Air | US EPA
- EPA Region 9 | Where You Live | Indoor Air Quality | Air | US EPA
- California Air Resource Board: Indoor Air Quality Program
Emissions and Facilities
- TOXMAP
- Toxic Release Inventory
- AirData
- National Emissions Inventory
- National-Scale Air Toxics Assessments (NATA)
(Note: Most recent publicly available assessment is based on 1999 data. The next assessment based on 2002 emissions data will be available to the public shortly.) - California Air Resources Board: Air Pollution In Your Community
Other Monitoring Studies and Resources
- USA Today Study
- ARB's Community Health: Children's Environmental Health Protection Program
- South Coast Air Quality Management District
- Bay Area Air Quality Management District
- Article: Proximity of Licensed Child Care Facilities to Near-Roadway Vehicle Pollution
- Community-Scale Air Toxics Monitoring Projects
- Urban Air Toxics Monitoring Program
Air Quality and Land Use
- California Air Resources Board: ARB's Community Health: Air Quality and Land Use
Mobile Source Emissions
General
Airports
Clean Diesel
- West Coast Collaborative
- Clean School Bus USA
- Recovery Act Funding for the National Clean Diesel Campaign
Health Effects, Advisories, Fact Sheets and Studies
- California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment: Air Pollution from Nearby Traffic and Children’s Health
- South Coast Air Quality Management District: School Advisory
Potential Health Effects Related to Traffic Emissions - West Coast Collaborative: Health Effects of Diesel
- The National Near Roadway MSAT Study - Air Toxics - Air Quality - FHWA
- UC Davis Air Quality Research Center