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From: "Bart Ostro" <BOSTRO@oehha.ca.gov>

To: Beth Hassett-Sipple/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA

Date: 07/21/2009 03:21 PM

Subject: Re: TO: Authors of recent U.S. and Canadian epidemiological studies evaluating health effects 

associated with exposure to fine andthoraciccoarseparticles REQUEST FOR PM AIR QUALITY 

DATA

Hey Beth: Here's the details on the FP concentrations for that study. 

Not sure when the OEM coarse particle study is coming out. We just

wrote them to check and I'll let you know when we hear something. b

Dr. Bart Ostro, Ph.D., Chief

Air Pollution Epidemiology Section

California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

1515 Clay St., 16th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 622-3157

FAX: (510) 622-3210

Bostro@oehha.ca.gov

>>> <Hassett-Sipple.Beth@epamail.epa.gov> 7/17/2009 1:02 PM >>>

Bart, thanks again for providing additional air quality data to our PM

NAAQS review team. We are also interested in receiving information

for

one more study that you were the primary author on:

1: Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Mar;117(3):475-80. Epub 2008 Dec 16.

The effects of fine particle components on respiratory hospital

admissions in children.

Ostro B, Roth L, Malig B, Marty M.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California

Environmental

Protection Agency, Oakland, California 94612, USA. bostro@oehha.ca.gov

Would it be possible to provide additional information on this study

as well?

Also, I haven't been able to find your new coarse PM study on-line. 

Do you know if it has been posted yet?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

Take care,

Beth

Beth M. Hassett-Sipple

Environmental Health Scientist

Ambient Standards Group (C504-06)

Health and Environmental Impacts Division

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

109 TW Alexander Drive

RTP, NC 27711

(919) 541-4605

Hassett-Sipple.Beth@epa.gov 

(919) 541-0237 (FAX)

 

 

 From: "Bart Ostro" <BOSTRO@oehha.ca.gov> 

 

 To: Beth Hassett-Sipple/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA 

 

 Date: 06/03/2009 07:29 PM 

 

 

 Subject: Re: TO: Authors of recent U.S. and Canadian

epidemiological studiesevaluatinghealth effects associated with exposure

to fine and thoracic coarse particles REQUEST FOR PM AIR QUALITY DATA 

 

Here it is. Also, our new coarse particle-mortality article will be

online any day at OEM.

Best regards, b

Dr. Bart Ostro, Ph.D., Chief

Air Pollution Epidemiology Section

California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

1515 Clay St., 16th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 622-3157

FAX: (510) 622-3210

Bostro@oehha.ca.gov 

>>> <Hassett-Sipple.Beth@epamail.epa.gov> 5/20/2009 11:06 AM >>>

Bart, GREAT! Thanks in advance for all your help!

Beth

Beth M. Hassett-Sipple

Environmental Health Scientist

Ambient Standards Group (C504-06)

Health and Environmental Impacts Division

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

109 TW Alexander Drive

RTP, NC 27711

(919) 541-4605

Hassett-Sipple.Beth@epa.gov 

(919) 541-0237 (FAX)

"Bart Ostro" <BOSTRO@oehha.ca.gov>

05/20/2009 01:07 PM

To

Beth Hassett-Sipple/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA
cc

Subject

Re: TO: Authors of recent U.S. and Canadian epidemiological studies

evaluatinghealth effects associated with exposure to fine and

thoracic coarse particles REQUEST FOR PM AIR QUALITY DATA

Hi Beth: We're working on this and will probably have it to you next

week. b

Dr. Bart Ostro, Ph.D., Chief

Air Pollution Epidemiology Section

California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

1515 Clay St., 16th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 622-3157

FAX: (510) 622-3210

Bostro@oehha.ca.gov 

(See attached file: Fine Particle Distributions for Ostro et al (2009).xls)
PM2.5 Distribution for Ostro et al. 2009. The effects of fine particle components on respiratory hospital admissions in children. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Mar;117(3):47

One monitor was used per county, so each monitor listed also represents the "highest reporting monitor for each city"NOTE: Only PM2.5 Speciation data was used for this study.

YEARS: 2000-2003

Averaged Min 98th %ile Max 98th %ile M

AIRS_SITE 60190008-5 60290014-5 60658001-5 60670006-5 60730003-5

60850004-5/60850005-5 - 60730003-5 60190008-5 60

County Name Fresno Kerno Riverside Sacramento San Diego Santa Claramean 22.4 21.4 28.8 14.8 15.6 15.0 19.7max 188.0 87.3 80.8 120.0 39.3 62.0 96.2min 3.1 3.0 3.2 2.7 0.8 2.9 2.695th %ile 64.3 59.2 59.8 41.4 28.9 37.7 48.596th %ile 76.4 65.2 62.2 43.6 30.5 41.2 53.297th %ile 85.7 67.1 66.8 48.7 31.7 45.6 57.698th %ile 91.0 71.7 70.6 51.5 32.6 50.2 61.3 32.6 9199th %ile 101.0 80.9 75.5 69.9 33.4 53.2 69.0 

YEAR: 2000

Averaged Min 98th %ile Max 98th %ile Min 99th %ile Max 99th %ile

AIRS_SITE 60190008-5 60670006-5 60730003-5 - 60670006-5 60190008-5 60730003-5 60190008-5County Name Fresno Sacramento San Diegomean 22.7 13.0 14.7 16.8max 117.0 90.0 56.6 87.9min 3.7 3.0 4.1 3.695th %ile 88.1 39.6 46.6 58.196th %ile 93.8 41.9 47.5 61.197th %ile 99.4 46.5 50.2 65.498th %ile 101.0 52.6 53.2 68.9 52.6 101.099th %ile 117.0 90.0 56.6 87.9 56.6 117.0

YEAR: 2001

Averaged Min 98th %ile Max 98th %ile M

AIRS_SITE 60190008-5 60290014-5 60658001-5 60670006-5 60730003-5 60850004-5 - 60730003-5 60670006-5 60County Name Fresno Kerno Riverside Sacramento San Diego Santa Claramean 25.3046 22.2882 32.2083 15.8903 17.3261 15.1674 21.4max 188 80.85 80.8 120 33.4 62 94.2min 4.2 6.4 3.5 3.5 0.8 3.2 3.695th %ile 79.9 59.75 66.75 36.8 32.3 32.9 51.496th %ile 90.9 71.7 67.95 43.6 32.6 36.2 57.297th %ile 94.5 71.7 75.5 44 32.6 43.1 60.298th %ile 106 80.1 75.5 69.9 33.4 50.5 69.2 33.4 106.099th %ile 120 80.85 80.8 114 33.4 62 81.8 

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YEAR: 2002

Averaged Min 98th %ile Max 98th %ile M

AIRS_SITE 60190008-5 60290014-5 60658001-5 60670006-5 60730003-5

60850004-5/60850005-5 - 60730003-5 60190008-5 60

County Name Fresno Kerno Riverside Sacramento San Diego Santa Claramean 23.2 23.7 30.3 17.5 15.8 17.8 21.4max 92.5 87.3 76.6 84.4 39.3 56.3 72.7min 3.1 5.2 3.9 3.9 3.5 4.5 4.095th %ile 79.3 67.1 62.2 50.7 28.6 42.9 55.196th %ile 80.9 70.1 65.7 50.9 30.6 42.9 56.997th %ile 85.7 71.3 69.2 51.5 32.8 45.6 59.398th %ile 89.3 73.1 70.6 61.7 34.1 45.6 62.4 34.1 89.399th %ile 91.0 84.9 72.4 84.4 39.3 56.3 71.4 

YEAR: 2003

Averaged Min 98th %ile Max 98th %ile M

AIRS_SITE 60190008-5 60290014-5 60658001-5 60670006-5 60730003-5 60850005-5 - 60730003-5 60658001-5 60County Name Fresno Kerno Riverside Sacramento San Diego Santa Claramean 18.6 18.3 25.2 12.9 14.5 13.8 17.2max 59.1 66.3 79.4 53.1 31.7 52.3 57.0min 3.2 3.0 3.2 2.7 3.7 2.9 3.195th %ile 50.2 47.7 55.0 32.1 28.1 38.5 41.996th %ile 51.3 48.1 57.5 32.2 28.5 40.1 42.997th %ile 55.6 49.0 59.1 33.4 30.5 41.2 44.898th %ile 55.8 50.1 61.0 35.2 30.5 48.1 46.8 30.5 61.099th %ile 57.0 66.0 75.2 38.5 31.7 52.3 53.4 

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