Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I worked several years in the field of air quality inside buildings, houses and developments. I had a research centre at that time and we found out that levels of pollutants were much higher inside buildings than outside and were making people sick.
Even in the case of the people you mentioned who were living near a smelter, they often become sick inside their homes because they get back from work with clothes contaminated by lead and so on. Allergies and health problems develop inside the home.
Since I left all of that behind ten years ago, I was wondering if a lot of effort still goes into the selection of materials. I have worked in this field. What you can find in a carpet is really frightening. It's hard to imagine how all these things can live in there. They won't kill you, Mr. Chair, but they are bad for your health.
To the best of your knowledge, has any work been done in this regard in the past ten years? If yes, what kind of measures are being taken to improve inside air quality?