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Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter

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Evaluating Research Progress and Updating the Portfolio

Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

Commission on Life Sciences

Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources

National Research Council

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COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER

JONATHAN SAMET (Chair),

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

GLEN CASS,

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

JUDITH CHOW,

Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada

BART E. CROES,

California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, California

ROBERT E. FORSTER,

The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DANIEL S. GREENBAUM,

Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts

MAUREEN HENDERSON,

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

PHILIP K. HOPKE,

Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York

PETROS KOUTRAKIS,

Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts

DANIEL KREWSKI,

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

PAUL LIOY,

University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey

JOE L. MAUDERLY,

Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico

ROGER O. McCLELLAN,

Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

GÜNTER OBERDÖRSTER,

University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

REBECCA PARKIN,

George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

JOYCE E. PENNER,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

RICHARD SCHLESINGER,

New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, New York

FRANK E. SPEIZER,

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

MARK UTELL,

University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

RONALD WHITE,

American Lung Association, Washington, D.C.

WARREN WHITE,

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

RONALD WYZGA,

Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California

TERRY F. YOSIE,

Chemical Manufacturers Association, Arlington, Virginia

Project Staff

JAMES J. REISA, Principal Staff Officer

KULBIR BAKSHI, Senior Staff Officer

RAYMOND A. WASSEL, Senior Staff Officer

EILEEN ABT, Research Associate

JAMIE YOUNG, Research Associate

LEE PAULSON, Editor

MILLICENT ANDERSON, Assistant to the Director

TRACIE HOLBY, Senior Project Assistant

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BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY

GORDON ORIANS (Chair),

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

DONALD MATTISON (Vice Chair),

March of Dimes, White Plains, New York

DAVID ALLEN,

University of Texas, Austin, Texas

MAY R. BERENBAUM,

University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

EULA BINGHAM,

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

PAUL BUSCH,

Malcolm Pimie, Inc., White Plains, New York

PETER L. DEFUR,

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

DAVID L. EATON,

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

ROBERT A. FROSCH,

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

JOHN GERHART,

University of California, Berkeley, California

MARK HARWELL,

University of Miami, Miami, Florida

ROGENE HENDERSON,

Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico

CAROL HENRY,

Chemical Manufacturers Association, Arlington, Virginia

BARBARA HULKA,

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

DANIEL KREWSKI,

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

JAMES A. MACMAHON,

Utah State University, Logan, Utah

MARIO J. MOLINA,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

CHARLES O'MELIA,

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

KIRK SMITH,

University of California, Berkeley, California

MARGARET STRAND,

Oppenheimer Wolff Donnelly & Bayh, LLP, Washington, D.C.

TERRY F. YOSIE,

Chemical Manufacturers Association, Arlington, Virginia

Senior Staff

JAMES J. REISA, Director

DAVID J. POLICANSKY, Associate Director and Senior Program Director for Applied Ecology

CAROL A. MACZKA, Senior Program Director for Toxicology and Risk Assessment

RAYMOND A. WASSEL, Senior Program Director for Environmental Sciences and Engineering

KULBIR BAKSHI, Program Director for the Committee on Toxicology

LEE R. PAULSON, Program Director for Resource Management

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COMMISSION ON LIFE SCIENCES

MICHAEL T. CLEGG (Chair),

University of California, Riverside, California

PAUL BERG (Vice Chair),

Stanford University, Stanford, California

FREDERICK R. ANDERSON,

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Washington, D.C.

JOHN C. BAILAR III,

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

JOANNA BURGER,

Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey

SHARON L. DUNWOODY,

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

DAVID EISENBERG,

University of California, Los Angeles, California

JOHN EMMERSON,

Portland, Oregon

NEAL FIRST,

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

DAVID J. GALAS,

Chiroscience R&D Inc., Bothell, Washington

DAVID V. GOEDDEL,

Tularik, Inc., South San Francisco, California

ARTURO GOMEZ-POMPA,

University of California, Riverside, California

COREY S. GOODMAN,

University of California, Berkeley, California

HENRY HEIKKINEN,

University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado

BARBARA S. HULKA,

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

HANS J. KENDE,

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

CYNTHIA KENYON,

University of California, San Francisco, California

MARGARET G. KIDWELL,

University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

BRUCE R. LEVIN,

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

OLGA F. LINARES,

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Miami, Florida

DAVID LIVINGSTON,

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

DONALD R. MATTISON,

March of Dimes, White Plains, New York

ELLIOT M. MEYEROWITZ,

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

ROBERT T. PAINE,

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

RONALD R. SEDEROFF,

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

ROBERT R. SOKAL,

State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York

CHARLES F. STEVENS,

The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California

SHIRLEY M. TILGHMAN,

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

JOHN L. VANDEBERG,

Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas

RAYMOND L. WHITE,

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Staff

WARREN R. MUIR, Executive Director

JACQUELINE K. PRINCE, Financial Officer

BARBARA B. SMITH, Administrative Associate

KIT W. LEE, Senior Program Assistant

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COMMISSION ON GEOSCIENCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES

GEORGE M. HORNBERGER (Chair),

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

RICHARD A. CONWAY (retired),

Union Carbide Corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia

THOMAS E. GRAEDEL,

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

THOMAS J. GRAFF,

Environmental Defense Fund, Oakland, California

EUGENIA KALNAY,

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

DEBRA KNOPMAN,

Progressive Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.

KAI LEE,

Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts

RICHARD A. MESERVE,

Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.

JOHN B. MOONEY, JR.,

J. Brad Mooney Associates, Ltd., Arlington, Virginia

HUGH C. MORRIS,

El Dorado Gold Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia

H. RONALD PULLIAM,

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

MILTON RUSSELL,

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

THOMAS C. SCHELLING,

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

ANDREW R. SOLOW,

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

VICTORIA J. TSCHINKEL,

Landers and Parsons, Tallahassee, Florida

E-AN ZEN,

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

MARY LOU ZOBACK,

U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

Staff

ROBERT M. HAMILTON, Executive Director

GREGORY H. SYMMES, Associate Executive Director

CRAIG SCHIFFRIES, Associate Executive Director for Special Projects

JEANETTE SPOON, Administrative and Financial Officer

SANDI FITZPATRICK, Administrative Associate

MARQUITA SMITH, Administrative Assistant/Technology Analyst

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OTHER REPORTS OF THE BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY

Ozone-Forming Potential of Reformulated Gasoline (1999)

Risk-Based Waste Classification in California (1999)

Arsenic in Drinking Water (1999)

Research Priorities for Airbome Particulate Matter: I. Immediate Priorities and a Long-Range Research Portfolio (1998)

Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area (1998)

The National Research Council's Committee on Toxicology: The First 50 Years (1997)

Toxicologic Assessment of the Army's Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion Tests (1997)

Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human Diet (1996)

Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest (1996)

Science and the Endangered Species Act (1995)

Wetlands: Characteristics and Boundaries (1995)

Biologic Markers (5 reports, 1989–1995)

Review of EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (3 reports, 1994–1995)

Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment (1994)

Ranking Hazardous Waste Sites for Remedial Action (1994)

Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children (1993)

Issues in Risk Assessment (1993)

Setting Priorities for Land Conservation (1993)

Protecting Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas (1993)

Dolphins and the Tuna Industry (1992)

Hazardous Materials on the Public Lands (1992)

Science and the National Parks (1992)

Animals as Sentinels of Environmental Health Hazards (1991)

Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program, Volumes I–IV (1991–1993)

Human Exposure Assessment for Airborne Pollutants (1991)

Monitoring Human Tissues for Toxic Substances (1991)

Rethinking the Ozone Problem in Urban and Regional Air Pollution (1991)

Decline of the Sea Turtles (1990)

Copies of these reports may be ordered from the National Academy Press

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The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. William A. Wulf is president of the National Academy of Engineering.

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PREFACE

A major research effort is under way to improve scientific understanding of airborne particulate matter and its effects on human health. Requested and funded by Congress, and conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), other federal and state government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations, this research effort is directed at reducing the scientific and technical uncertainties in the evidence related to regulation of airborne particulate matter in the United States.

At the request of Congress and EPA, the National Research Council's Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter is independently advising and monitoring the implementation of the research. The committee's first report, Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter: I. Immediate Priorities and a Long-Range Research Portfolio, was released in March 1998. It identified 10 high-priority research topics linked to key policy-related scientific uncertainties and presented a 13-year "research investment portfolio" containing recommended short-term and long-term timing, phasing, and estimated costs of research on each topic. The committee is pleased to note that Congress, EPA, and the scientific community have given strong support to the committee's recommendations and have implemented substantial changes in research efforts in response to the first report.

This is the second of four planned reports by the committee. In this report, the committee describes its plans for monitoring the progress of research. In addition, the research recommendations from the com-

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mittee's first report are reviewed and updated, and two of the recommended research areas are substantially revised. Subsequent reports in 2000 and 2002 will describe and evaluate the results of the research.

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council's Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the NRC in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their participation in the review of this report: Arthur DuBois, Yale University; Sheldon Friedlander, University of California at Los Angeles; Robert Frosch, Harvard University; Carol Henry, Chemical Manufacturers Association; Donald Hornig (review monitor), Harvard University; Morton Lippmann, New York University; Donald Mattison (review coordinator), March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation; Thomas Peterson, University of Arizona; and Robert Phalen, University of California at Irvine.

While the individuals listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, it must be emphasized that responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the NRC.

The committee gratefully acknowledges John Bachmann, Daniel Costa, Robert Devlin, William Farland, Judith Graham, Lester Grant, Henry Longest, Peter Preuss, Frank Princiotta, Kenneth Reid, Lawrence Reiter, Richard Scheffe, John Vandenberg, and James Vickery of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; George Malindzak of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences; Daniel Albritton of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Doyle Pendleton of Southwest Texas State University; Charles Pietarinen of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Melvin Zeldin of the South Coast Air Quality Management District; and Steven Cadle of General Motors (representing NARSTO, a multinational North American consortium for atmospheric research in support of air-quality management) for making presentations or providing information to the committee.

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In addition, we are grateful to the 40 or so EPA and EPA-supported scientists who made research poster presentations to the committee on June 23, 1998, in Research Triangle Park, NC.

We are grateful for the assistance of the NRC staff in preparing the report. Staff members who contributed to this effort are James J. Reisa, director of the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology and principal staff officer for the committee; Raymond Wassel and Kulbir Bakshi, senior staff officers; Laurie Geller, staff officer; Eileen Abt and Jamie Young, research associates; Lee Paulson, editor; Millicent Anderson, assistant to the director; and Tracie Holby, senior program assistant.

Finally, I would like to thank all the members of the committee for their dedicated efforts throughout the development of this report.

Jonathan Samet, M.D., M.S.

Chair, Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter

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TABLES

TABLE 1.1

 

EPA's Review And Implementation Timetable for Particulate-Matter Standards

 

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TABLE 1.2

 

Key Scientific Uncertainties Related to the Source-to-Response Framework

 

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TABLE 1.3

 

The Committee's Research Investment Portfolio

 

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TABLE 1.4

 

EPA Budgets for Particulate Matter Research

 

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TABLE 3.1

 

The Committee's Updated Research Portfolio for Fiscal Years 2000–2010

 

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TABLE 3.2

 

The Committee's Technical Support Estimates

 

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FIGURES

FIGURE 1.1

 

A General Framework for Integrating Particulate-Matter Research

 

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FIGURE 3.1

 

A Paradigm for Scientific And Technical Activities Related to Particulate Matter

 

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In the effort to reduce the scientific and technical uncertainties over regulation of airborne particulate matter in the United States, Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter: II. Evaluating Research Progress and Updating the Portfolio, the second book in a four-part series requested by Congress, describes the plans of the committee to monitor the progress of the research on particulate matter conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), other federal and state government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations.

The book also reviews and updates the committee's portfolio of recommended research in its first volume, Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter: I. Immediate Priorities and a Long-Range Research Portfolio (NRC, 1998). The committee substantially revised two of the ten high-priority research areas recommended in Part I. Part II notes that Congress, EPA, and the scientific community have given strong support to the committee's recommendations and have implemented substantial changes in research efforts in response to Part I of the series. One important research area-studies of the effects of long-term exposure to particulate matter and other major air pollutants-however, does not appear to be underway or planned.

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