Public Workshop on Updating the Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for Nitrogen Dioxide
Public Workshop on
Updating the Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for Nitrogen Dioxide
Public Workshop on May 16, 2023
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is seeking public
comment on indoor air guidelines for NO2. We plan to host an
approximately 4-hour Zoom workshop on May 16, 2023 to discuss indoor air
quality, health issues, and the development of indoor guidelines for NO2,
which is a respiratory irritant and pollutant of ongoing concern for indoor air
quality. NO2 is emitted from combustion appliances such as
stoves, ranges, water heaters and clothes dryers. CARB last published indoor
air quality guidelines in 2005 and since the publication of CARB’s 2005 report,
a significant number of studies have added to the evidence linking combustion
pollutants indoors to respiratory illness, cardiovascular problems, and
especially children’s asthma. Other national and international agencies
have acted since 2005 to adopt guidelines based on this updated evidence.
In the upcoming workshop CARB staff will present a brief overview of the workshop topics and objectives, followed by four discussion panels. The panels will feature speakers from international health agencies such as Health Canada and the World Health Organization (who have adopted more health protective indoor guidelines for NO2 and other pollutants). We will also hear perspectives from health experts at state agencies, academic and medical experts, and indoor air quality subject matter experts and representatives from non-profit and community groups. You can register for the workshop here NO2 Guidelines Workshop. If you have questions regarding the workshop please contact Jeffery Williams, Ph.D., in CARB’s Research Division at Jeffery.Williams@arb.ca.gov.