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EPA - Latest Air Toxic Emissions Report

June 2009

The latest National-Scale Air Toxic Assessment (NATA) data was released this month, June 2009, from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NATA is a comprehensive nationwide evaluation of air toxins and their cancer risk estimates from chronic inhalation exposure. Cancer risk is based on chronic exposure of toxins at specific concentrations over a lifetime. The latest NATA data based on air toxin emissions information from the year 2002, estimates that on average, about 1 in every 27,000 people in the U.S. have an increased likelihood of contracting cancer from breathing outdoor air toxins at 2002 emission levels over the course of their lifetime.

Pollutants from automobile emissions are estimated to account for about 30% of the cancer risk. The majority of this risk is from benzene.

A complete summary of the 2002 assessment is provided on the U.S. EPA website at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/nata2002/

US BioTek's Environmental Pollutants Profile measures a key benzene metabolite as well as the metabolites of 6 other environmentally "hot" compounds. This panel is available from a simple spot urine that utilizes our proprietary Dip 'N Dry urine collection strip to maximize analyte stability and recovery.

Full interpretations and nutrient guidelines are provided by Lab Interpretation LLC.
 
To view complete test profile information please click here.

Click below to view a sample report:
Environmental Pollutants Profile
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