Indoor pollution

Indoor pollution: even the politicians are concerned!

Between March and May 2010, the air quality inside offices and homes of 35 MPs and senators, and Secretary of State for Environment, Chantal Jouanno was analyzed by investigators UFC-Que Select.

Result: 29 of these places have made a living air quality "bad", the other 7 do not exceed the word "average." In other words, in none of the homes tested the air quality has been described as "good"!

Benzene and formaldehyde, carcinogenic substances, were specifically detected in the samples. In some homes, these pollutants exceeded four times the minimum rate recommended. For formaldehyde, this was especially the case for the sample collected from the member Jean Mallot. For benzene, the MP Georges Colombier received the highest value. Conversely, the lowest rates were obtained among members André Flajolet and Jerome Lambert.

Wishing to draw attention to this widespread public health problem, UFC-Que Choisir "calls on legislators, especially those who participated in this survey, to act by adopting a Great Law of the fight against air pollution Internal.