Fire officials said no one was injured Wednesday evening after a chemical spill occurred inside a science lab at Sacred Heart University.
Two seventh-grade students at East Mills Junior and Senior High School are recovering after receiving chemical burns during a science experiment that went wrong.
Thanks to CBS 60 Minutes on Sunday Oct 29 for featuring Harvard’s Joe Allen on IAQ: “The original sin of the pandemic was the failure to recognize airborne transmission”.
With robust funding from congress, EPA can activate Biden’s languishing Clean Air in Schools challenge with expanded national outreach and technical assistance to states and schools and communities.
We strongly support CLEAN AIR IN SCHOOLS for all children on Earth Day and every day. Schools must have clean indoor air to keep children and staff healthy, reduce absenteeism, and to stay open longer when severe weather threatens.
Call for $100 million in 2024 Federal Budget to Protect Children from Harmful Airborne Exposures in
The Coalition is also requesting an additional $10 million in funding for EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection to increase public health research and services for children’s environmental health.
Poor indoor environments in schools decrease seat time, attendance and test scores, and increase asthma and other health events, and thus increase health costs.
Characteristics of 2020–21 Public and Private K–12 School Teachers in the United States – Results From the National Teacher and Principal Survey.
Is your school planning or doing renovations or repairs? Make sure that contractors protect occupants from dust, fumes, debris, and heavy equipment.
See our RESOURCES on safe renovation practices.
