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Protecting Children Attending School Through Effective Regulations Of Harmful Volatile Organic Compounds, Michelle Gregory
Protecting Children Attending School Through Effective Regulations Of Harmful Volatile Organic Compounds, Michelle Gregory
Michelle Gregory
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a regulation known as the Federal Clean Air Act Currently, the Federal Clean Air Act only sets the framework for air pollution control as it affects industrial settings.Although industrial facilities are not major sources of ozone depletion per se; they are sources of high emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are the precursors of ozone depletion.The EPA has not established standards for indoor VOCs and nonindustrial settings. As a result, public health is compromised as states and communities are left to determine policies relating to land development and indoor safety standards. …