Updated SCAQMD Map Shows Estimated Cancer Risks From Multiple Air Toxics Applying Latest Health Standards; Pollutants Down From 2005 But Agency Says Previous Health Effects Were Underestimated
Study estimates air pollution cancer risks but not pulmonary or cardiac diseases
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(Oct. 3, 2014) -- The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has released a draft of the fourth in its series of Multiple Air Toxics Exposure Studies (MATES-IV) showing updated estimated cancer risks from multiple airborne toxics. The SCAQMD MATES-IV map below shows cancer risk estimates using the agency's most recent airborne toxics measurements and applying updated environmental health standards.
