Calif. environmental
managers say tobacco smoke is toxic pollutant
Feb. 16A majority of environmental managers
responding to a recent poll said that Californiaīs decision to list
environmental tobacco smoke as a toxic air contaminant under state law
was correct.
The poll, conducted on Enviro.BLR.com during the first seven days of
February, asked environmental managers if they believed tobacco smoke
should be regulated as a toxic air contaminant.
Of the 515 respondents, 75 percent responded affirmatively.
The poll was conducted in response to the California Air Resources
Boardīs formal identification of secondhand smoke as a TAC.
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