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News Updates and Announcements:
Childrens Diseases Linked to Chemicals on Rise
H1N1 School Flu Tool Kit from the CDC
Chemical Health Hazards. What's in your Cleaning Product?
Children deserve a safe and healthy school environment, including protection from harmful environmental exposures related to disinfectant use.
MRSA: The Ticking Time Bomb - See this informative video below, a must see!
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Schools October 2007
CDC, along with parents and school officials, wants to do everything possible to protect students from MRSA skin infections. These are commonly asked questions that will help parents and school officials prevent the spread of MRSA in schools.
About Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among Athletes
Environmental Management of Staph and MRSA in Community Settings
Acute occupational disinfectant-related illness among youths, 1993-1998.
Working youths face many safety and health risks. Among these risks are those posed by disinfectant exposures. In this study we describe acute occupational disinfectant-related illness among youth. This may require strengthening regulations and enforcement as well as increased educational efforts directed at employers, youths, parents, school officials and physicians. Better mechanisms for reporting and tracking chemical illnesses among working adolescents are also needed.http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/pesticides/ehp1.html
Pesticide exposure at schools
Exposure to pesticides at schools has been associated with illnesses among employees and students, although infrequently. Rates of illness from pesticide exposure at schools have been shown to be higher in school staff than in children because staff members are more likely to handle pesticides. However, children may be particularly susceptible to pesticide toxicity because many of their organ systems have not reached developmental maturity.
Exposures to pesticides can produce cough, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, headaches, and eye irritation. There is also mounting evidence that long-term pesticide exposure in adults is associated with chronic health effects such as cancer, neurologic problems and reproductive problems. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2007-150/
Pesticide-Related Illness in Schools
Source: The Nemours Foundation
Topics: Toxic Schools
Pesticides - including fumigants, herbicides, insecticides, repellants, and disinfectants - are often used in schools to eliminate germs and control insects and rodents. But according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental Protection Agency, exposure to pesticides at schools can cause minor to severe illness in both students and teachers. http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Pesticide_Related/
Healthy Schools Network Sanitizers and Disinfectants Guide
Greener School Cleaning Supplies = Fresh Air + Healthier Kids
New Research Links School Air Quality to School Cleaning Supplies EWG’s air pollution tests of school cleaning supplies detected hundreds of contaminants, including six that cause asthma, 11 tied to cancer in people, and many more that have never been evaluated for safety.
Childrens Environmental Health Network
All children are affected by exposures to environmental hazards. It is our responsibility as a society to enable all children to grow up in a safe and healthful environment. Many resources and publications within this website.
The ChildSafe School
A grassroots program offering science-based policy solutions for three environmental exposures common to most schools:
•diesel exhaust from idling school buses
•chemical toxins from cleaning chemicals
•pesticides used on playing fields
We welcome parents, teachers and administrators who share our concern about the alarming increase in the incidence of environmentally-triggered illness in children, including asthma, development disorders and cancer. Our program is designed to help you bring about change in your school system.
Our Resource Section of this Website carries additional information on Infections and Disinfectants
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