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Resources

Websites

Air Quality Index (AQI) - A Guide to Air Quality and Your Health

The American Lung Association of Texas - Resources

EPA: Browse EPA Topics: Air: Air Quality
Find information and resources related to air quality.

Fuel Economy - Find a Car
Find and compare cars...Gas mileage (MPG), greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution ratings, and safety information for new and used cars and trucks.

National Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research - Weather and Air Quality Research

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)

Don't forget to visit our Texas & Regional Air Quality Partners page.

Research

Research institutes are devoting resources towards discovering how air quality effects the environment and health. Below are links to research conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) and other health agencies.

Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Research

(http://tti.tamu.edu/)

California, here we come

Don't Mess With Drive Clean Across Texas

Five Years Later: TTI Center Still a Breath of Fresh Air

Highway and vehicle pollution on the border

Mobile Emissions 101

Ozone as a pollutant

TTI research helps TNRCC and TxDOT battle ozone pollution

TTI research seeks solutions to reduce truck idling

The Quest for Cleaner Air

Other Health Agency Research

Corporate Action to Reduce Air Pollution—Atlanta, Georgia, 1998-1999, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 283 No. 19, May 17, 2000

Deadly Air Pollution, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 279 No. 22, June 10, 1998

Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Mortality, and Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 287 No. 9, March 6, 2002