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Article: BOMA urges caution on indoor air quality. (Building Owners and Managers Association International criticizes Occupational Safety and Health Administration program)
- Article from:
- Real Estate Weekly
- Article date:
- May 4, 1994
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The association representing commercial real estate recently cautioned OSHA against undertaking an overly burdensome regulatory approach to improving Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). According to Thomas B. McChesney, president of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International, "OSHA's Indoor Air Quality proposal, announced (March 25) by Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor, does little to attack the sources of contamination - opting instead for a program which seeks to simply 'manage' the problem."
"We have consistently supported a complete ban on smoking in office buildings as a way to attack a major source of indoor air quality contaminants," said ...