Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Universal Design and toxicity (was Univeral Design and cohousing)

[Jill Robinson (jillrob]

A while back

Racheli Gai wrote:

> Does the definition of UD include toxicity issues?
I thought I remembered that the Federal Access Board was addressing the 
issue somehow, but it took me a while to find the reference.  From their 
Jan/Feb 2003 newsletter at: 
http://www.access-board.gov/news/Access%20Currents/Jan-Feb03.htm#Board%20to

> Board to Undertake Project on Indoor Air Quality
> In developing and updating its guidelines, the Board has received 
> numerous comments from individuals with an acute sensitivity to 
> various chemicals in the environment, known as multiple chemical 
> sensitivities, and to electromagnetic sensitivities. They report that 
> chemicals released from products and materials used in the 
> construction, renovation, and maintenance of buildings, as well as 
> electromagnetic fields and inadequate ventilation, are barriers that 
> deny them access to buildings. Many of these comments identify indoor 
> air quality as a primary concern in causing a range of debilitating 
> physical reactions, some even life-threatening.
>
> In response to these concerns, the Board will undertake research on 
> methods for improving indoor air quality that will build upon its 
> history of working with model code and standard setting organizations. 
> The aim of the project is to bring together various stakeholders in a 
> collaborative process to examine possible actions that can be taken to 
> improve the accessibility of indoor environments. Those the Board 
> seeks to involve in this project include architects and designers, 
> manufacturers of building products and materials, building owners and 
> operators, model code and standard setting organizations, 
> environmental and health professionals, government agencies, 
> organizations representing people with multiple chemical or 
> electromagnetic sensitivities, and others. The project is scheduled to 
> begin later this spring.



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