The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) maintains networks of pollution monitors for two basic purposes: to … pollution and its effects. These purposes imply conflicting criteria for the locations of a limited number of monitors. To check … the attainment of standards, monitors are placed where pollution levels are highest. Monitors are not required where …

This study provides estimates of social and financial costs of environmental damage in India from three pollution … damage categories: (i) urban air pollution; (ii) inadequate water supply, poor sanitation, and hygiene; and (iii) indoor air … pollution. It also provides estimates based on three natural resource damage categories: (i) agricultural damage from soil …