310 CMR 6.00: Ambient Air Quality Standards

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Related: Massachusetts Air Guideline Values
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Allowable Threshold Concentrations (ATCs)

MassDEP toxicological information for airborne contaminants, based on non-cancer health endpoints. ATCs are roughly equivalent to U.S. EPA Reference Concentrations.
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Chemicals in Massachusetts Drinking Water, Standards & Guidelines

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Chromium VI

Evaluation of the Risk Assessment Methodologies Based on the Hexavalent Chromium [Cv VI] - Elicited Allergic Contact Dermatitis (ACD) in Sensitized Population and MADEP'S Recommendations
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Cyanide

Background Documentation for the Development of an "Available Cyanide" Benchmark Concentration
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Dioxins & Furans

1991 Dioxin Air Guideline
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Re-evaluation of the Toxicity Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dibenzofurans
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Excerpt from the Guidance for Disposal Site Risk Characterization
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Lead

Ecological Risks of Lead Shot May 2009
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Is There Lead In My Tap Water?
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Methyl t-Butyl Ether (MTBE)

Justification for making the MassDEP Guideline for MTBE in drinking water more stringent, August 1995
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Naphthalene

Recent changes to Naphthalene Toxicity Values
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Perchlorate

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Petroleum Hydrocarbons

See the list of VPH/EPH Publications
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Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Excerpt from the Guidance for Disposal Site Risk Characterization
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Tetrachloroethylene

Revised MassDEP Cancer Unit Risk for Tetrachloroehtylene, September 2008
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Technical Appendices
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