This guide will introduce you, as a decision-maker in your school system, to potential hazards
and aid you in protecting the environment and the health of those who use your school. The guide
will discuss what those hazards might be, how to test for them, and how to remedy problems
found. The program includes:
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- The nature of the risks children face from various contaminants:
- Information about hazards to children's health in the schools,
at home and in daily life;
- Why children are at increased risk
- The nature of the risks children face from various contaminants in the
air and water and in living spaces of schools and homes:
- Lead
- Asbestos
- Mercury
- Pesticides
- Molds
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"rubber gloved hands
using suction apparatus to pick up globules of spilled mercury" 
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- Planning tools
- Checklists
- Environmental management
- Emergency planning
- Pesticide assessment
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- A "virtual tour" of a school to identify hazards
- Room-by-room inspecion of a school
- Identification of potential issues
- Strategies to address issues
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- Case studies
- Actual school air quality issues and the ways they were addressed
- Schools where integrated pest management has been successfully imnplemented
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| Audiences: teachers, students, parents, community planners,
environmental professionals, architects, health professionals, small
communities |
| Note: "EPA Guide
to Protecting Children's Health in Schools" is available in two
versions: one is a small file size version (optimized for online
viewing and
for those without a broadband connection) and does not include the
video, and the second is a large file size version which includes
a video on mercury. |
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View CHILDREN'S
HEALTH online (without the mercury video), or
Download
CHILDREN'S HEALTH now: child.exe
self-extracting zipfile (without the
Mercury Hazards video) (5.6Mb).
childhg.exe self-extracting
zipfile (with the Mercury
Hazards video)(35Mb).
Installation:
To install, copy the compressed file (child.exe or childhg.exe) onto
your hard disk, then double-click it to uncompress and install the
program. You can then start the program from the Windows Start Menu,
or from either the run command or your Web browser at: C:\CTTPP\Child\SRC\child.html |
- Created: December, 2002 by Susan Childress, Matt Subler, Kathy Williams, Amy Childress, Gynis Zywicki and Zenny Sadlon
- Size: Approximately 7.5 Mb without the mercury video,
when uncompressed, 5.6 Mb compressed;with the mercury video,
approximately 35 Mb.
- Operating system: HTML
- Other requirements: Any computer with a Web browser.
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