"The air you breathe outside is more heavily regulated than the air you breathe in your home, and air quality advocates want more protection for indoor air quality issues—especially as climate change impacts like fires and heat force people to seek shelter indoors.
Harmful indoor air quality has been listed as one of the top five environmental risks to public health, according to Environmental Protection Agency comparative risk studies. Yet there’s no comprehensive regulation that addresses those harms outside of a patchwork of protections and standards of care.
And the stakes for indoor pollution mitigation have only continued to rise, American Lung Association Director of Environmental Health Kevin Stewart told Bloomberg Law. "
Jennifer Hijazi reports for Bloomberg Environment August 26, 2021.
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