CELEBRATE
National Healthy Schools Day April 28, 2008
Ways to participate:
National Healthy Schools Day April 28, 2008
Ways to participate:
- Have a "Clean Up Our School" Event
- Write letters to your school administrators and thank them for keeping your school clean.
- What your school can DO RIGHT NOW!
- Institute the EPA's Indoor Air Quality, "IAQ Tools for Schools Program" - it's FREE and can be ordered at: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/actionkit.html
- Switch to clean, biodegradable, eco-friendly cleaning products. Biodegradable cleaning products will not give off toxic gases and fumes that can affect the health of children and adults. Cleaning products with the "Green Seal" are safer, more eco-friendly industrial strength cleaners. [See side bar for eco-friendly cleaning products you can use at home.]
- Clean out the duct work in your schools at least one time each year, in addition to replacing ventilation filters.
- Turn off school bus engines. School buses that are idling during drop off and pick up give off harmful diesel exhaust fumes. These toxic fumes can enter the school building and directly affect the indoor air your children are breathing. By stopping school buses from idling, this is one small step that can make indoor air safer and cleaner for the children.
Some Long Term Goals for Cleaning Up and Greening Up Schools:
- Remove all carpeting in classrooms. Carpeting fibers and carpet glue can off gas toxic chemicals for years. Carpeting also holds dust, dustmites, mold, mildew, chalkdust, chemicals, like Chemlawn, and animal feces, brought into classrooms on children's feet from home.
- Replace carpeting with a flooring like Marmoleum that is easy to clean, will not off gas, and will resist mold and mildew.
For more ideas on National Healthy Schools Day events visit: http://www.nationalhealthyschoolsday.org/
KEEP OUR KIDS AND TEACHERS SAFE AND HEALTHY
CELEBRATE
BY CLEANING UP AND GREENING UP OUR SCHOOLS!!
The Green Grannies and Friends for Clean Air and Healthy Kids are grateful to the following for their work on this important issue:
- Healthy Schools Network: http://www.healthyschools.org/
- The National Coalition for Healthier Schools
- The Environmental Protection Agency
- The National Education Association
3 comments:
And interestingly enough this is timely:
http://www.wytv.com/news/crawl/16652336.html
Commissioners argue the county's air-quality monitoring site is on top of Farrell High School, not far from the state line -- arguing a lot of the Shenango Valley's pollution is coming over from Ohio. But even if the smog is being generated locally, Mercer County has no health department to enforce the new regulations.
Once National Healthy Schools Day is over, maybe GG & Friends can work on our local & state gov't. and insist that Mercer County have a health dept. To be one of the 345 counties in the US that does not meet EPA air quality and ozone standards is unacceptable!
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