Particulate Matter Air Pollution: Science, Controversy

73 Pages·2013·3.35 MB·English

Particulate Matter Air Pollution: Science,
Controversy, and Impact on Public Health

C. Arden Pope III, PhD
Mary Lou Fulton Professor of Economics

Presented at the
Western States Air Resources Council (WESTAR)
Denver, Colorado
November 7, 2013
Illustration for Charles Dickens’
Sketches by Boz, by
George Cruikshank, 1838

The chimney, smoke Stack, and
smoke and fog (smog) have long
played important iconic roles in the art
and literature of London.
Coffee Stall by
Gustave Doré,

In a description of a
representative London Fog day
(April 6, 1870) Doré’s friend
Blanchard Jerrold say’s of an
experience with Doré:

“We were well into the morning—
and it was as dark as the darkest
midnight. . . It was choking: it
made the eyes ache.”

From:
London: A pilgrimage, 1872 and
Doré’s London: All 180
illustrations from London, A
Pilgrimage, 2004
Claude
Monet,
Houses of
Parliament,
London,
1903
Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster) , London
Claude
Monet,

Houses of
Parliament,
London,
1904
Claude Monet, Waterloo Bridge, London, 1903
Waterloo Bridge, London, July 2006 (St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower 42, 30 St Mary Axe)
Meuse Valley, Belgium Smog, December 1-5, 1930
--60 deaths, 10 time expected
Donora, PA From, Public Health Service,
Bulletin No. 306, 1949
(Severe episode, Oct. 27-31, 1948)