INDOOR AIR-QUALITY MEDICOLEGAL ISSUES

Authors
Citation
Cs. Ross et Je. Lockey, INDOOR AIR-QUALITY MEDICOLEGAL ISSUES, Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 94(2), 1994, pp. 417-422
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,Allergy
ISSN journal
00916749
Volume
94
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
417 - 422
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-6749(1994)94:2<417:IAMI>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The regulatory and legal communities have begun only recently to addre ss the medicolegal issues surrounding indoor air quality. No single go vernmental agency is responsible for indoor air quality issues. The fo cus of the federal government's indoor air quality programs is on the gathering and dissemination of information rather than on the regulati on of indoor air pollution. Stare and local regulatory controls vary b ut may include antismoking ordinances, building codes, and contractor certification programs. Numerous lawsuits involving various parties an d legal theories have been filed on the basis of illness allegedly rel ated to indoor air quality. Further regulatory and legal review of ind oor air problems will likely occur in the near future particularly as a result of the characterization of environmental tobacco smoke as a c lass A carcinogen.