| There is convincing evidence that indoor environments are damaging the health of people working and living in them. Increases in asthma, allergy, and multiple chemical sensitivity have all been linked to the quality of our indoor environments. The purpose of this report is to identify promising options for addressing this problem in Canada (230 pages). (http://www.pollutionprobe.org/Publications/Indoorair.htm)
Executive Summary
Ian Morton, Pollution Probe with Jay Kassirer, Cullbridge?Marketing and Communications
There is convincing evidence that indoor environments are damaging the health of people working and living in them. Increases in asthma, allergy, and multiple chemical sensitivity have all been linked to the quality of our indoor environments.1 In fact, the situation is critical enough that the United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rated poor indoor air quality (IAQ) ¡ª to which it has attributed the annual loss of billions of dollars in health-care costs and productivity ¡ª among the top environmental risks to human health.2 The purpose of this report is to identify promising options for addressing this problem in Canada. These options are the starting point for the next phase of our work ¡ª a cross-Canada stakeholder consultation and alliance-building process. The authors hope th at this report
? provides consultation participants with a common, basic level of information and analysis of the issues involved and options available;
? stimulates the expression of additional perspectives and options; and
? contributes to the process of refining, prioritizing and moving forward with selected options.
Fact sheet: http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/publications/en/rh-pr/tech/02-105-e.html
Healthy Buildings, Healthy People: A Vision for the 21st Century: http://www.healthyindoors.com/english/resources/hippublicationsarchives.htm | 