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6 Discussion and Summary of Day 1
6 Discussion and Summary of Day 1
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Buildings are also good, he said, for providing protection against outdoor nitrate but not as good for organic carbon, particularly given the evidence that indoor sources are the predominant contributors to the organic carbon content of indoor PM. The second key message Nazaroff said he heard concerned the lack of data available to understand the nuances of what is a richly complex system; that lack suggested a potential for using information technology and the "Internet of things" to address the data deficit.
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Jeffrey Siegel added that there is emerging evidence that dryers can transfer SVOCs deposited on clothing into the air. He also said that a dryer vent produces a high-volume flow rate of air, and in buildings with tight envelopes, that can create potentially serious problems in terms of depressurization and pulling contaminants into the indoor environment from particle-generating appliances.
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Glenn Morrison wondered if it would be more cost-effective as a nation to spend money, perhaps via tax rebates, to retrofit buildings to remove indoor PM than on making incremental reductions in outdoor PM levels. William Fisk replied there have been a number of cost–benefit analyses for the health benefits that would accrue from improving filtration systems in buildings and the numbers look promising from a societal perspective.
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