Colloquium Statement: Strategic Policy Directions for Air Quality Management

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This conference statement is based on the fifth and final NERAM colloquium on air quality management. We are grateful to the following individuals who served on Steering Committees for the NERAM Colloquium Series: Jane Barton, Environment Canada; Peter Boyle, European Institute of Oncology; Michael Brauer, University of British Columbia; Bert Brunekreef, Utrecht University; Rick Burnett, Health Canada; Quentin Chiotti, Pollution Probe; Tony Clarke-Sturman, Shell International; Ray Copes, BC Centre for Disease Control; Lorraine Craig, NERAM; Bart Croes, California Air Resources Board; Tom Dann, Environment Canada; Jacobo Finkelman, PAHO; Francesco Forestiere, Rome E Health Authority; Vincenza Galatone, Environment Canada; Geoff Granville, Shell Canada; Dan Greenbaum, Health Effects Institute; Mauricio Hernandez, Mexico National Institute for Public Health; Daniel Krewski, University of Ottawa; Michal Krzyzanowski, WHO European Centre for Environment and Health; Robert Maynard, UK Department of Health; Ken Ogilvie, Pollution Probe; Glen Okrainetz, BC Ministry of Environment; Franck Portalupi, Environment Canada; Jonathan Samet, Johns Hopkins University, Callum Searle, European Commission; John Shortreed, NERAM; James Sloan, University of Waterloo; Arpad Somogyi, European Commission; Mark Utell, University of Rochester; Matti Vainio, European Commission; Leendert van Bree, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (RIVM); John Vandenberg, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Peter van den Hazel, International Society for Doctors for the Environment (ISDE); Sverre Vedal, University of British Columbia; Martin Williams, UK Department of Environment; Robert Willis, CanTox Environmental, Inc.; and Andre Zuber, European Commission. Addy Mitchell, Suzanne Therien, and Laurie MacDonald assisted with the arrangements for the colloquia. A special thanks is due to Robert Willes, who conceived of and initiated the NERAM Colloquium Series on Air Quality Management. Funding for the colloquia was provided by the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, Canadian Steel Producers Association, Shell International, Ontario Ministry of Environment, Health Canada, Environment Canada, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.