... to investigate the human health effects of exposure to air toxics in urban communities

Welcome to The Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center
What's New
NUATRC Research Report No. 9, 2008
Toxic Exposure Assessment: A Columbia-Harvard (TEACH) Study (The Los Angeles Report)
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NUATRC Research Report, No. 13, 2008
Testing the Metals Hypothesis in Spokane: Daily Associations between Respiratory and Cardiovascular Outcomes and Airborne Fine Particulate Metals Species
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Houston Exposure To Air Toxics Study (HEATS)
HEATS is Houston’s largest air toxics data study and will help us better understand how air toxics that people breathe compare to air toxics measured at stationary air pollution monitors   >>More

TX State Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr.
Supports HEATS!!
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HEATS Community Leaders Meeting (WORD)
February 12, 2008
Denver Harbor Community Center
 

Strategic Research Plan 2006-2010 ( PDF)  >>More
About the Center
Center Information
The Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center (NUATRC), located in the Texas Medical Center, was authorized by the U.S. Congress in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and incorporated in 1991  >>More
 
Mission 
Develop and support research for a better understanding of the potential risks posed to human health 
by exposure to air toxics  >>More
 
Board of Directors
This Board includes noted health research scientists and administrators from major academic institutions, as well as key state and local government regulatory agencies  >>More
 
Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)
T
he SAP is comprised of scientists from a number of disciplines, including exposure assessors, epidemiologists, respiratory physiologists, toxicologists and statisticians, drawn from government, academic, and private sector institutions  >>More
 
Financial Support (List of Corporate Supporters)  
Both federal and private sector funds should be used to support the air toxics effort  >>More

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