Indoor Air Quality

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Resources and Links

American Lung Association: Air Quality Section

• Air Pollution and Exercise: Who is Vulnerable?
• Air Pollution: Protecting Yourself
• American Lung Association Fact Sheet - Minorities And Air Pollution
• American Lung Association Offers Tips Healthier Homes
• American Lung Association Report Offers Advice on Achieving Healthy Indoor Air  
• Health House, ALA of Minnesota  
• Home Indoor Air Quality Checklist
• Major Air Pollutants
• When You Can't Breathe, Nothing Else Matters: The Truth About Indoor Air  

Connecticut Department of Public Health, Bureau of Community Health: Environmental Epidemiology and Occupational Health  

Targeting Indoor Air Pollution: EPA's Approach and Progress
Summarizes the relationship between indoor air quality and health, EPA's program and approach for dealing with indoor air pollution, and authorizing legislation.

EPA ' s Indoor Air Quality Hotline 1-800-438-4318

• IAQ INFO Clearinghouse
  Describes sources of air pollution in the home and office, corrective strategies, and specific measures for reducing pollutant levels.
• Indoor Air Pollution: An Introduction for Health Professionals
  Assists health professionals (especially the primary care physician) in diagnosis of patient symptoms that could be related to an indoor air pollution problem.

American Society of Home Inspectors

Center for Building Science News

Healthy House Institute

Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes

HPAC Engineering IAQ Web Links

National Safety Council

Home*A*Syst 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Environmental Initiative (UEI)
Contact: Stacey Johnson, Hartford City Program Manager, 617-918-1552