Cover -- PROTECTING CLEAN AIR: PREVENTING POLLUTION -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 AIR CONTAMINANTS AND THEIR SOURCES -- 2.1 NATURAL AIR CONTAMINATION SOURCES -- 2.2 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - ITS ENERGY NEEDS AND PRODUCTS -- 2.2.1 THE PROCESS OF BURNING FUEL FOR HEAT, LIGHT, AND POWER -- 2.2.2 TECHNOLOGY FOR HARNESSING OR MAKING POWER -- 2.2.3 ELECTRIC ENERGY -- 2.3 MATERIALS AND PROCESS EMISSIONS -- 2.4 RELATING AIR QUALITY TO EMISSIONS AND EMISSION SOURCES -- CHAPTER 3 AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS -- 3.1 EMISSION RATES AND AIR QUALITY -- 3.1.1 CRITERIA POLLUTANTS -- 3.1.2 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS -- 3.1.3 EMISSION RATES AND INVENTORIES -- 3.2 PM - SOLID EMISSIONS -- 3.2.1 ACTIVITIES MAKING DUST -- 3.2.2 PM FROM ENERGY-GENERATING PROCESSES AND INDUSTRY -- 3.3 POLLUTANT EMISSIONS FROM OXIDATION -- 3.3.1 OXIDIZED CARBON EMISSIONS - CO2 AND CO -- 3.3.2 OTHER OXIDIZED CRITERIA POLLUTANTS - SO2 AND NO2 -- 3.4 SECONDARY PM, LEAD, AND OTHER METAL EMISSIONS -- 3.5 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (OC) EMISSIONS FROM ENERGY AND INDUSTRY -- 3.5.1 VOC AND HAP OC EMISSIONS FROM ENERGY PROCESSES -- 3.5.2 VOC AND HAP OC EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRY -- 3.6 ESTIMATING EMISSIONS FROM OTHER SOURCES -- CHAPTER 4 DIRTY AIR AND ITS EFFECTS -- 4.1 FIRST AIR QUALITY ISSUES -- 4.2 HUMAN IMPACT AND AIR POLLUTION EPISODES -- 4.3 AIR QUALITY IMPACT - ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- 4.4 AIR QUALITY STANDARDS -- 4.5 HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS -- 4.5.1 PM2.5 RESPIRATORY EFFECTS -- 4.5.2 SOX, NOX, AND CO HEALTH IMPACTS -- 4.5.3 OZONE HEALTH IMPACTS -- 4.5.4 LEAD AND HAP HEALTH IMPACTS -- 4.6 WELFARE EFFECTS -- 4.6.1 POLLUTANT IMPACTS ON ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND MATERIALS -- 4.6.2 LONG-RANGE POLLUTION AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS -- 4.6.3 CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL SCALE WELFARE EFFECTS -- CHAPTER 5 PREVENTING AIR POLLUTION -- 5.1 ADDRESSING EARLY AIR QUALITY PROBLEMS.