INTR0DUCTION Public concern@ complaints of the agricultural industry@ and the continuing increase in the number of claimed losses have made it important to determine the value of losses to crops and ornamentals caused by air pollutants. This includes identifying the losses caused by each major pollutant and the geographical areas in which the losses are occurring. Some gross estimates have been made 3f economic losses due to air pollutants but@ for the most part@ these lave been total estimates@ and no attempt has been made to distribute the aggregate loss among farm crops@ forests@ ornamental plantings and home gardens@ by pollutant or by geographical region. Thus the proportions of loss that can be ascribed to emissions from manufacturing operations@ smelting processes. automobile exhausts. and other sources are not known. The Coordination Research Council@ a nonprofit organization@ entered into a contract with Stanford Research Institute to develop gross estimates of economic losses resulting from the effects of air pollutants on plants. Monitoring the program is the Coordinating Research Council's Air Pollution Research Advisory Committee (APRAC)@ a group of technical experts from industry and government. Program funding was made available by the Automotive Manufacturers Association@ the American Petroleum Institute and the Environmental Protection Agency. This report describes the results of the second year's effort.
API 4123-1971 history
1971API 4123-1971 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTANTS ON PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES