Air Toxics Lifetime Cancer Risk High for U.S. City Dwellers
Environment News Service, February, 2006 by staff
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — --> Residents of most U.S. cities have an air toxics lifetime cancer risk greater than 25 in a million - a rate above the risk of people in the general population, according to the second National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment, released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Lifetime cancer risk in transportation corridors and some other locations is greater than 50 in a million, the assessment shows.
The National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) is a screening tool that estimates cancer and other health risks from exposure to emissions of air toxics in 1999.
The assessment estimates that in most of the United States people have a lifetime cancer risk from air toxics between one and 25 in a million. This means that...
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