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Help make chemical safety part of your school's ongoing security audits and safety plan.
1) Talk with parents, educators and community leaders about making safety part of school culture.
2) Make safety part of the curriculum in science education, vocational
education, occupational health and safety, community service,
comprehensive school health and injury prevention, school security,
emergency preparedness, environmental education, civic education,
school maintenance, and operations. 3)
Promote a sense of shared responsibility and accountability for
student, employee and visitor health and safety in all school areas and
activities.
Put health and environmental data to work to correct environmental
health problems in your school. Indoor
Air Quality Checklists
IAQ and Student Performance Web site Evidence demonstrates the impact of poor IAQ on student health and academic performance. U.S. EPA IAQ Tools for Schools Program's newest resource,
the IAQ and Student Performance Web site, offers the latest scientific
evidence demonstrating the relationship of IAQ to key factors that
influence student health and performance. Use the IAQ and Student
Performance Web site to learn how IAQ impacts student health and
performance, so that you can make the case for comprehensive IAQ
management in your schools.
Dave Waddell is working with schools to reduce their use of
hazardous chemicals, dispose of unneeded and degraded chemicals and improve the
management of those they need to keep and use. See Hazards
in High Schools and Middle Schools
A big focus these days is
the school's art programs. Here's a
link to the smaller version of the slide show he uses in the training
for art
teachers, "Hidden Hazards in the Arts."