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NIOSH Posthearing Comments to DOL on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Proposed Rule on Indoor Air Quality by L. Rosenstock, September 1, 1995.

PB97124606

Publication Date	1995
Page Count	15
Abstract	In response to requests for information made at the OSHA hearing on indoor environmental quality (IEQ), these posthearing comments were submitted. NIOSH has conducted at least 12 workplace evaluations where a previous IEQ investigation found environmental deficiencies. In one case the recommendations had not been implemented, and in three the follow up reports did not specify whether the recommendations had been followed. In the other eight cases some or all of the recommendations had been implemented. In five of these cases an improvement in environmental conditions was noted and in at least four of these, health complaints had decreased. There were 105 health hazard evaluation (HHE) reports of office buildings that NIOSH has analyzed as a group. Previous NIOSH HHE summaries provide no useful information on any associations between health problems and environmental tobacco smoke. In general, requests for evaluations of nonindustrial environments have generally involved health or comfort problems for which the causes were not understood. Even when workers complained of acute health effects of ETS during the course of a HHE, this information may or may not have been included in the study, and the summaries tallied only the primary problem in each building.
Keywords	Occupational safety and health Indoor air pollution Testimony Cigarette smoking Occupational exposure Tobacco smoke Ventilation Air quality control Respiratory diseases Office workers
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB97-124598.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199706

NIOSH Posthearing Comments to DOL on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Proposed Rule on Indoor Air Quality by L. Rosenstock, September 1, 1995.

NIOSH Posthearing Comments to DOL on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Proposed Rule on Indoor Air Quality by L. Rosenstock, September 1, 1995.
PB97124606

Publication Date	1995
Page Count	15
Abstract	In response to requests for information made at the OSHA hearing on indoor environmental quality (IEQ), these posthearing comments were submitted. NIOSH has conducted at least 12 workplace evaluations where a previous IEQ investigation found environmental deficiencies. In one case the recommendations had not been implemented, and in three the follow up reports did not specify whether the recommendations had been followed. In the other eight cases some or all of the recommendations had been implemented. In five of these cases an improvement in environmental conditions was noted and in at least four of these, health complaints had decreased. There were 105 health hazard evaluation (HHE) reports of office buildings that NIOSH has analyzed as a group. Previous NIOSH HHE summaries provide no useful information on any associations between health problems and environmental tobacco smoke. In general, requests for evaluations of nonindustrial environments have generally involved health or comfort problems for which the causes were not understood. Even when workers complained of acute health effects of ETS during the course of a HHE, this information may or may not have been included in the study, and the summaries tallied only the primary problem in each building.
Keywords	Occupational safety and health Indoor air pollution Testimony Cigarette smoking Occupational exposure Tobacco smoke Ventilation Air quality control Respiratory diseases Office workers
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB97-124598.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199706