Breathe Project Reports

Peer-reviewed

Air Toxics in Allegheny County: Sources, Airborne Concentrations and Human Exposure

Information

Published 2009
Air Quality, Coal, Diesel, Manufacturing, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals, Pollution Sources, Public Health
Pennsylvania, Southwestern Pennsylvania

Summary

A 2002 air quality study by CMU and the Allegheny County Health Department was motivated by the concerns of citizens living near Neville Island, a heavily industrialized area north of Pittsburgh.

More to Discover

Energy Innovation Center – Suite 140
1435 Bedford Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

The Breathe Project is a program of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies with generous funding support from the Heinz Endowments