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Studies, Reports and Comments ...

REPORTS ISSUED BY OTHERS	DATE
State of the Air: 2009 (American Lung Association)	4/2009
EPA's Response to City's Data Quality Petition	04/07/2009
Cooling Off (GHASP)	12/2008
Childhood Lymphohematopoietic Cancer Incidence and Hazardous Air Pollutants in Southeast Texas, 1995–2004 -- Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky	11/2008
State of the Air: 2008 (American Lung Association)	5/4/2008
Toxic Texas Report 2008 (GHASP, Environmental Defense Fund, Industry Professionals for Clean Air, and Environmental Integrity Project)	5/4/2008
EPA Memo re: Potential Low Bias of Reported VOC Emissions from the Petroleum Refining Industry -- (EPA)	7/27/2007
What the IPCC Said: A citizens guide to the IPCC, summary for policymakers -- (Island Press)	2007
Houston Regional Air Quality Task Force Report -- (Greater Houston Partnership)	9/7/2007
City Park Facts -- (Trust For Public Land)	2007
Gov. Perry's Bump Up Request to EPA -- (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)	6/15/2007
State of the Air Report -- (www.lungaction.org)	2007
1982 - 2007 Houston Area Survey -- see figures 14 and 15 for environmental findings (Rice University)	5/1/2007
Energy and Environment Best Practices Report -- (U.S. Conference of Mayors)	2007
Childhood Lymphohematopoietic Cancer Incidence and Hazardous Air Pollutants in Southeast Texas, 1995–2004 -- Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky	11/2005
Clean Air Act Implementation in Houston: An Historical Perspective 1970-2005 -- (Rice University Environmental and Energy Systems Institute, Shell Center for Sustainability)	2/2005
Hazardous Air Pollutants and Cancer Incidence in Harris County -- (University of Texas Health Science at Houston, School of Public Health)	2007
Mayor's Task Force on the Health Effects of Air Pollution -- (Convened by the Institute for Health Policy, Univ. of Texas School of Public Health)	6/2006
The Control of Air Toxics: Toxicology Motivation and Houston Implications -- (Houston Enowment, Inc.)	9/2006
Clearing the Air on Clean Air for the Greater Houston Region -- (Greater Houston Partnership)	12/2005
Who's Counting? The Systematic Underreporting of Toxic Air Emissions -- (Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention)	6/2004
Cool Houston! A Plan for Cooling the Region for Clean Air Quality of Life Benefits -- (Houston Endowment, Inc., the Brown Foundation, Houston Advanced Research Center)	6/2004
Closing the Diesel Divide: Protecting Public Health from Diesel Air Pollution -- (American Lung Association, Environmental Defense)	2003
Diesel Demonstration Project Phase II -- (Environment Canada)	11/2003
Cleaning Up Diesel Pollution: Emissions from Off-Highway Engines by State -- (Union of Concerned Scientists)	9/2003
2002 Air Quality Reference Guide for the Houston-Galveston Area, 7/2002 -- (Houston-Galveston Area Council)	7/2002
Diesel Demonstration Project Phase I -- (Environment Canada)	3/2002
Assessment of the Health Benefits of Improving Air Quality in Houston, Texas -- (Sonoma Technology, Inc., California State University, University of California)	11/1999

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