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Article: Action for indoor air.(The Beat)
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- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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At its 4 September 2005 congress, the International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences called on the governments, institutions, and corporations of the world to invest more in reducing indoor air pollution. According to the academy, indoor air pollution in developing countries can exceed international health-based guidelines by 20 times or more, and the use of coal contaminated with arsenic and fluorine is poisoning millions in China. The ...