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General Air Quality Information
- California Air Resources Board's Fact Sheet California's Plan to Reduce Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions (PDF).
- Ground Level Ozone and Your Health (PDF): The risk, symptoms and health effects when ground-level ozone levels increase.
- Particle Pollution and Your Health (Smoke, Dust, Metals Allergens): Information about the risk, symptoms and health effects when particle pollution increase.
- Radiation and Your Health: View expanded information on radiation and your Health.
- SelecTree: An interactive program which matches specific tree species to desirable characteristics, including biogenic emissions. Biogenic emissions are the air pollution emitted from vegetation, like ozone.
Indoor Air Pollution
- California Air Resources Board: Indoor Air Quality and Personal Exposure Assessment Program
- California Department of Public Health: Indoor Air Quality Information
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Indoor Air Quality Information
- U.S. EPA Region 9 (Pacific Southwest) Indoor Air Quality Information
Local & Regional Agencies/Associations/Programs
- Asbestos - Demolition and Renovation Information: View expanded information on the U.S. EPA’s National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants and the California Air Resource Board's information.
- Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails: This non-profit is dedicated to maintaining healthy air and preventing lung and other air-pollution related diseases.
- Placer County Fire Agencies
- Placer County Transportation Planning Agency
- Spare the Air Program: The Sacramento Regional program which includes Placer, Sacramento, El Dorado and Yolo/Solano Air Districts.
- Air Quality Index - YouTube Video Understanding the Air Quality Index
- Air Quality Index Chart: Used in the Spare the Air Program.
- What is the Air Quality Index (AQI) and why is it important?: Ground level ozone levels can be serious during our summer months. Do you know the category and color we usually experience?
- Air Quality Index - YouTube Video Understanding the Air Quality Index
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)
National Air Quality Agencies/Associations
- Asbestos - Demolition and Renovation Information: View expanded information on the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants and the California Air Resource Board's information.
- Asthma and Air Pollution: The American Lung Association addresses outdoor air pollution; health effects of pollutant such as diesel exhaust and wood burning smoke.
- Ozone depletion, including sun safety information for parents and caregivers
- United States Environmental Protection Agency's - (U.S. EPA): Federal agency on air quality information and other air pollution information.
- U.S. EPA - Region 9: - U.S. EPA regional information which includes California.
Pollen Information
- National Allergy Bureau Pollen and Spore Levels - Western Region and Interpreting Pollen Counts
- Pollen/Allergy Forecast
State Agencies/Associations/Programs
- Asbestos - Demolition and Renovation Information: View expanded information on the U.S. EPA’s National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants and the California Air Resource Board's information.
- California Air Pollution Control Officers' Association: Information about the 35 California air districts.
- California's Progress Toward Clean Air - 2015 CAPCOA Report
- Clean Air Legacy: Video illustrating air quality challenges and accomplishments along with local air district efforts, including Placer County Air Pollution Control District's efforts to improve air quality and achieve air quality standards.
- California Air Resources Board: Information on air quality in the state, new regulations, and other air pollution information.
- California Air Resources Board Toxic Air Contaminant Control Program
- California Energy Commission's program on Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program
- Community Health and Air Pollution: Learn how air pollution is an important health concern and how it causes serious long-term effects. From the research topics to the new ‘Children’s Environmental Health Protection Act’, many topics are available from the California Air Resources Board.
- Health Publication Finder: The California Department of Public Health offers information on a number of programs regarding air pollution exposure and health impacts in indoor and outdoor air, including workplaces.
Smoke & Wood Burning
- Smoke from Agricultural and Forest Fires - Information from the U.S. EPA on the health impacts of smoke
- Smoke Information
- Wood Burning Handbook (PDF)
- Wood Smoke and Asthma: Breathe Easier - YouTube video from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Wood Smoke and Asthma: Dry Firewood - YouTube video from the U.S. EPA
- Wood Smoke and Asthma: Reduce Smoke - YouTube video from the U.S. EPA