The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), facilitated a consultation for the Development of Guideline Values for Additional Hazardous Air Pollutants on 23 February 2023 in the University of the Philippines Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, Quezon City. The agenda included the presentation and review of the draft National Ambient Air Quality Guideline Values for the additional hazardous air pollutants and criteria air pollutants, including particulate matter with a diameter of 10 micrometers or smaller (PM10). …

The consultant from the University of the Philippines – Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, Dr. Mylene G. Cayetano, presented the methodology used for coming up with the guideline values. Discussion on the guideline values, especially for PM10, was facilitated. The presented guideline values for PM10 were agreed upon by the stakeholders.

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