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1. INTRODUCTION 2
2. IDENTIFICATION OF AIR TOXIC PROBLEM 2
2.1 Sources of Air Toxics 2
2.2 Effects of Air Toxics on Human Health and Environment 4
3. REDUCTION AND REGULATIONS OF AIR TOXÝCS 5
4. CONCLUSION 7
REFERENCES 9

1. INTRODUCTION:

This chapter is about hazardous air pollutants which are also commonly konown as toxic air pollutants ora ir toxics and their toxicity effects. Air toxics can be defined as air contaminants that lead cancer or ather serious health effects , such as reproductive effects or birth defects, or adverse environmental effects. ( URL 1 ). In other words, if any compound that is in the air has the potential to produce adverse health effects, it can be technically entittled as air toxics( URL 2 ). The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments 188 toxic air pollutants were reported by Environmental Protection Agency......

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