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Air pallatien is .irtoal.ly always d.fia.d in sir pollution
Aeatrol ls9islation ia tois of oatdoor air. /bst eftoa ta. lars
aro statad SA t.ras of duration and/or ooae.atratien of a pollotant
or oosDiaation of pollutaeds with r.gatd t. tb. dal.tarioas aff.ata
on b .an, anis.l, or ..g .taD1o life or on p.opsrty in tse outdoor
ai: only.
L1ika, ot a1 ., ha.o astirt .d that the a.urats parsoa .pseds
aPproximatel7 eight7 Peraent of Sis day indoors 1 Tor the .ar> >oend.
the sielc, and the old.rly. tLL psrcantaa .q w.11 bo eon.idorably
aisb .r . On days when the outdoor air pollutant eonc .atration is
aseoptiondly IIigb, tAe local or stat. air pollution aatsority n.aaW
uwrss tDe popnlaco to r..ain iadoor. as .ueb as poisiDl.. Although
this wsnin` Ss proDably asasl]y justL'i.C, tb.r. is littl.•batd
sap+riasntal orid.aacs asilaDls to support it. In fact s+as data
indioate that the i:door air ry ea., a siabss pollutant load than
the outdoor air in .up instana.s .2
Smalising th. S.porRsace of obtaining .mt.eris data on iedeor
air, it is surprising that rarT littls .apsr3a.atsl .ork has D. .e doss
S. tMs aras .3 ldis .ort ws dMisnad to aaain. rolations3ips bat.osn
the Indoor air and the outdoor air of urban and sobnrban da .astio
swid .aeM, to d .t.rains otb.r aouroM of Sadoor air psllation . and
to Io0at1 silkS of air pollutants In th. hol.. The ratM of 7antilatSOA
and d.co .position for salact.d sir pollstants, as rall as the dfsets
of ait ooeditionind and indoor aati.ity . rar. aaaissd .
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