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Advocates urge creation of state task force to tackle indoor air pollution in highly impacted communities
Summary
Supporters of H.2427/S.1546 told the Joint Committee on Public Health that indoor air pollution — including ultrafine particulate matter and black carbon — disproportionately harms environmental justice communities and that a state task force is needed to develop monitoring, remediation and funding recommendations.
Supporters of H.2427 and S.1546 pressed the Joint Committee on Public Health to create a state task force to identify, monitor and remediate indoor air pollution in highly impacted communities.
The bill would establish a DPH‑led task force with representatives from the Department of Environmental Protection, the state housing agency and local boards of health, and require work on standards and funding sources. "We are encouraged to see this committee making air quality a legislative priority this session," said Alexis Walls, campaign director at the Massachusetts Public Health Alliance.
Advocates said indoor pollutants often come from outdoors and then concentrate inside homes,…
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