Air Pollutants

EPA Criteria Pollutants
The EPA has identified six pollutants as “criteria” air pollutants because it regulates them by developing human health-based and/or environmentally-based criteria (science-based guidelines) for setting permissible levels. These six pollutants are carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, ground-level ozone, particle pollution (often referred to as particulate matter), and sulfur oxides.

Carbon Monoxide

• Carbon Monoxide – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal
• Carbon Monoxide – EPA Website
• Interaction Profile – Carbon Monoxide, Formaldehyde, Methylene Chloride, Nitrogen Dioxide, Tetrachloroethylene

Lead

• Lead – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal
• Lead in Air – EPA Website
• Interaction Profile – Chlorpyrifos, Lead, Mercury, and Methylmercury

Nitrogen Oxides

• Nitrogen Oxides – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal
• Nitrogen Dioxide – EPA Website

Ozone

• Air Quality – Environmental Public Health Tracking
• Ground Level Ozone – EPA Website

Particulate Matter

• Air Quality – Environmental Public Health Tracking
• Particulate Matter (PM) – EPA Website
• Podcast – What is Modeled Air Data?

Sulfur Dioxide

• Sulfur Dioxide – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal
• Sulfur Dioxide – EPA Website

Other Air Pollutants

Acrolein

• Acrolein – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal

Asbestos

• Asbestos – ATSDR Website

Benzene

• Benzene – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal

Carbon Disulfide

• Carbon Disulfide – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal

Creosote

• Creosote – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal

Fuel oils/Kerosene

• Fuel Oils / Kerosene – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal
• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) – ATSDR Case Study in Environmental Medicine

Synthetic Vitreous Fibers

• Synthetic Vitreous Fibers – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal

Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

• Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) – ATSDR Toxic Substances Portal