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This study quantifies hazardous air pollutant sources impacting health risks. Nonmobile sources, including industrial facilities and dry cleaners, were the dominant contributors to cancer risks from air toxics.

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Area of Science:

Environmental Health
Air Pollution Science
Risk Assessment

Background:

Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), or air toxics, pose significant health risks.
Quantifying specific source contributions to these risks is crucial for effective mitigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and apply a methodology for quantifying source contributions to air toxics-related cancer risks.
To identify dominant sources of air toxics impacting public health in urban environments.

Main Methods:

Utilized a linear, no-threshold risk model to identify key gas-phase organic air toxics.
Applied Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) to high-resolution air toxics measurements.
Integrated meteorological data and source profiles to attribute PMF factors to specific emission sources.

Main Results:

Nonmobile sources, including large industrial facilities (coke works, chemical plants) and smaller point sources (dry cleaners), were the primary contributors to cancer risks.
These findings held true across diverse urban sites, including downtown, industrial-adjacent residential, and urban background locations.
Air toxics commonly associated with mobile sources were also significantly linked to nonmobile emission sources.

Conclusions:

The developed methodology effectively links air toxics sources to health risks, providing actionable insights for policymakers.
Prioritizing nonmobile sources, particularly industrial and smaller point sources, is essential for reducing air toxics-related cancer risks in urban areas.
This approach offers a robust framework for targeted air quality management and public health protection.