Regulating Indoor Air Quality | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health
How States Can Better Regulate Indoor Air Quality
We spend most of our lives indoors , so how can we ensure the air we breathe there is as safe as possible ? A new model law could help .
Published August 18 , 2023 By Aleyna Rentz , Aliza Rosen ENVIRONMENT HEALTH POLICY INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Open any weather report for your area , and in addition to temperature and humidity levels , you ’ ll also find the current outdoor air quality ( https :// www . airnow . gov /). But what about when you enter a school , an o ce building , a hospital , or a grocery store — how do you know what that building ’ s air quality is ?
The air we breathe directly impacts our health and well-being . While air quality outdoors is monitored and regulated by the federal government ( https :// www . epa . gov / regulatory-information-topic / regulatory-and-guidance-information-topic-air ), that ’ s not the case indoors — where the average American spends at least 90 % of their time ( https :// www . epa . gov / report-environment / indoor-air-quality ).
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