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Study Probes Air Pollution Effects.(Aerosol Research Inhalation Epidemiological Study)(Brief...

Scientists with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) revealed preliminary findings from a two-year, $7 million, state-of- the-art study on air quality and human health at the Air Quality II conference in McLean, VA. EPRI cosponsored this conference together with the Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Energy and Environmental Research Center.

The so-called ARIES study (Aerosol Research Inhalation Epidemiological Study) is being conducted in Atlanta and is the most comprehensive and lengthy assessment of air quality conducted in any lo

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