Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollution: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Environmental Protection of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, April 24, 1987 |
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Page 119 - to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its population.
Page 119 - Federal financial assistance and leadership is essential for the development of cooperative Federal, State, regional, and local programs to prevent and control air pollution.
Page 112 - to coordinate the indoor air pollution research activities of the federal government. ALA believes that the primary obstacle to federal action to control indoor air pollution is this lack of clear regulatory authority. As such the ALA recommends that Congress give clear regulatory authority to EPA to ensure healthful indoor air quality.
Page 79 - Pierce Foundation Laboratory and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Yale University School of Medicine New Haven
Page 110 - to the various disease states. The effects may occur quickly upon exposure or become apparent only after delays of several days or even years. The effects are also complicated by the different concentrations and durations of exposure experienced in the indoor environment. The types of pollutants and
Page 110 - As with outdoor air pollution, the lung is both the portal of entry and primary site of injury when exposed to indoor air pollution. The populations considered sensitive to outdoor air pollution are also the same populations considered sensitive to indoor air
Page 110 - and young children, pregnant women, the elderly, and those with pre-existing chronic illnesses such as lung or heart disease. The effects are complex and manifestations of these effects may range from the most obvious such as eye
Page 56 - of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). These
Page 109 - and the causes and effects less well investigated and understood than the particular problems of the outdoor environment. The average person spends from 75% to 90Ï of the time in this potentially unhealthful environment. The magnitude and severity of this public health problem has been worsened by energy-conserving practices and the increased use of certain building materials and consumer products.
Page 111 - and 5% of the residents are estimated to have experienced acute toxic reactions after use. Household solvents commonly contain butoxyethanol and xylenes for which there is some evidence of teratogenicity.