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MEMORANDUM TO: (i) Mr. Kloepfer ~2) Anne Du£fin ~3) Library FROM: Paul Knopick DATE: October 29, 1981 You asked me to look into a rather muddled piece from the Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration News (#i) which mentioned testing lung function in 12,000 children. That reference is to a six-community study undertaken by Harvard University scientists to determine health effects of in- door and outdoor pollution. Intermediate studies have been pub- lished, I attach five of interest. The scientists have found that in homes with smoking parents, levels of mass respirable particulates are higher. But they are finding n__o apparent effect on pulmonary function of children. Gas appliances are associated with lower pulmonary function, these researchers conclude. They consistently stress that smoking is an important source of indoor particulates, #5 and #6. I had a conversation earlier with Spengler, the key researcher, and published that in NL 241, #7. Otherwise, our NL coverage on this topic has tended to stress reports of other research which did find associations between parental smoking and their children's health. PK/gd Attachments T!05390045