{"id":85738,"date":"2019-02-21T16:25:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T23:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=85738"},"modified":"2019-02-21T16:25:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T23:25:15","slug":"sri-lanka-to-take-steps-to-improve-indoor-air-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/02\/21\/sri-lanka-to-take-steps-to-improve-indoor-air-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka to take steps to improve indoor air quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jeg_featured featured_image\">\n<h2 class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy\">Colombo, Feb 21 (newsin.asia) \u2013 Sri Lanka\u2019s Central Environmental Authority will formulate a set of guidelines to improve indoor air quality in an effort to minimize health impacts caused by air pollutants, local media reported Thursday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content no-share\">\n<div class=\"content-inner \">\n<p>The Cabinet of Ministers last week approved a three year pilot project from 2019 to 2021 to conduct a base study and set guidelines to improve indoor air quality in schools, hospitals, public buildings, office buildings and houses covering the entire country, Central Environmental Authority Laboratory Services Deputy Director, Hiranthi Jansz said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-jnews-1140x570 size-jnews-1140x570 wp-post-image lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/newsin.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/indoor-air-qaulity-960x570.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 750px\" alt=\"Sri Lanka to take steps to improve indoor air quality\u00a0\" width=\"960\" height=\"570\" data-src=\"https:\/\/newsin.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/indoor-air-qaulity-960x570.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Jansz said household wood-burning stoves, use of incense sticks, poorly maintained office air-conditioned environments and vehicle emissions were frequent instances of indoor air pollution.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>She pointed out that the World Health Organization had recommended preparing guidelines for indoor air quality.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a growing concern. Most people spend about 90 percent of their time indoors. The quality of indoor air is important not only for occupants\u2019 comfort but also for their health,\u201d the ITI Environmental Technology said in a statement.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Poor indoor air quality has been tied to symptoms like headaches, fatigue, trouble in concentrating, and irritation of the eyes, nose, throat and lungs. Also, some specific diseases have been linked to specific air contaminants or indoor environments, like asthma with damp indoor environments,\u201d the ITI added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In addition, poor IAQ can also lead to reduced productivity.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Feb 21 (newsin.asia) \u2013 Sri Lanka\u2019s Central Environmental Authority will formulate a set of guidelines to improve indoor air quality in an effort to minimize health impacts caused by air pollutants, local media reported Thursday. The Cabinet of Ministers last week approved a three year pilot project from 2019 to 2021 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}