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- Published on: 19 December 2012
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- Published on: 19 December 2012Response to "Indoor exposure limits?"Show More
Dear Editor,
We are grateful that the eLetter from Ms Cunnison provides an opportunity for us to clarify some aspects of our work [1].
In the past there has been no authoritative guidance on the protection of public health from risks from particulate matter (PM) in indoor air. It is therefore a welcome development that the recent WHO Air Quality Guidelines for Indoor Air [2] concluded that there is no...
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None declared. - Published on: 19 December 2012Indoor exposure limits?I am a lay person, but curious as to how these conclusions are reached. How is it possible to describe 25 ug/m3 as a WHO _indoor_ air quality standard, when it seems to have been designed as an outdoor standard? More importantly how is it possible to apply the standard to journeys lasting under half an hour, when the standard specifically directs how to deal with short exposure times (http://www.epa.gov/ttn/caaa/t1/memoranda/pmf...Show MoreConflict of Interest:
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