Lung Health News, Spring / Summer 2002
While state air quality programs have focused almost exclusively on outdoor pollution sources, indoor air quality has become an issue of increasing concern to the public health community. Despite the growing body of information about indoor air quality exposures, no state agency has explicit authority to regulate indoor sources of pollutants or to set standards for healthful indoor air quality.
The American Lung Association of California is working to establish statewide indoor air quality measures to protect public health and is sponsoring Assembly Bill 2332 (Keeley, D- Boulder Creek)to address this problem.
The American Lung Association supports ongoing efforts to reduce indoor air pollution, including reducing formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products and developing guidelines for state building construction, as well as efforts to further study the effects of indoor air pollution on health. The California Air Resources Board (CARB)is currently studying environmental health conditions in portable classrooms and measuring pollutants inside school buses.
