Open AccessNonoccupational exposures to indoor air pollutants: a survey of state programs and practices.
Author(s) -
Roberts . Bernstein,
Hans L. Falk,
D Turner,
J M Melius
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.74.9.1020
Subject(s) - environmental health , air pollution , public health , indoor air , indoor air quality , air pollutants , pollutant , air monitoring , environmental science , environmental protection , medicine , environmental engineering , chemistry , nursing , organic chemistry
A national survey of health department activities in 1982 revealed that 32 states (63 per cent) had a program or person(s) responsible for evaluating exposures to one or more nonoccupational indoor air pollutants (NIAPs). Only four states (8 per cent) had existing or proposed NIAP exposure standards. Twenty-nine (57 per cent) of the states had a program to evaluate nonoccupational exposures to formaldehyde, but these varied widely. There is a need for coordinated, consistent approaches to defining and controlling emerging environmental public health problems such as indoor air pollution.