11 Jul 2022

NZ urgently needs indoor air quality regulations - academic

From Nine To Noon, 9:05 am on 11 July 2022
NELSON, NEW ZEALAND, JULY 19, 2018: Unidentified customers examine sale goods in a supermarket.

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Dr Julie Bennett, an epidemiologist from Otago University's Department of Public Health, says there is an urgent need for a national agency tasked with ensuring high indoor air quality in New Zealand. Covid has highlighted the quality of the air we breathe but regulations on the health impacts of indoor air quality are almost non-existent.