Many schools have problems linked to indoor air quality. Children are more vulnerable to environmental hazards. Children spend an average of 30 to 50 hours per week in school. Staff spend even more time in their school workplaces. Poor indoor environmental quality is associated with a wide rage of problems… read more →
Healthy Schools Day Supporting Organizations ASEQ-EHAQ (Environmental Health Association of Quebec) Asthma Society of Canada BC CEFPI (Council of Education Facilities Planners International) Canadian Association of Principals CASLE (Canadians for A Safe Learning Environment) CEN Health Caucus (Canadian Environmental Network) CICH (The Canadian Institute of Child Health) CPCHE (Canadian Partnership… read more →
The “Planning Ahead for Success Kit” is provided to help you plan for Healthy Schools Day in Canada – Journée des écoles saines du Canada. You, your school, school board, your department or your group are invited to join in the activities to promote Healthy Schools Day in Canada –… read more →
Train school principals in Indoor Air Quality issues and appropriate action. Use the new School Administrator’s Guide to Healthy Schools Adopt Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) management plans. Implement the Tools for Schools IAQ Action Kit (see Health Canada, CASLE and the NB Lung Association web sites for checklists and more) Create school-based projects… read more →
Associations of Cognitive Function Scores with Carbon Dioxide, Ventilation, and Volatile Organic Compound Exposures in Office Workers: A Controlled Exposure Study of Green and Conventional Office Environments Joseph G. Allen, Piers MacNaughton, Usha Satish, Suresh Santanam, Jose Vallarino, and John D. Spengler, Harvard School of Public Health http://www.chgeharvard.org/resource/impact-green-buildings-cognitive-function Excerpts: “This… read more →
Understanding the Indoor Environment: a free comic book with lesson plans for grades P to 12 from the US National Education Association. Comic book and one lesson plan available at casle.ca. Indoor Air Quality: Tools for Schools Action Kit – a VERY GOOD kit for use by school staff, students… read more →
US EPA Design Tools for Schools aids in creating of healthy new schools. http://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/indoor- air-quality- design-tools- schools Renovations in schools present challenges to the safety of occupants. These are not only physical “slip and fall” sorts of risks, but include possible risks from airborne chemicals and contaminants such as chemicals offgassing from… read more →
“Tools for Techs” Checklists for Technical High Schools
http://casle.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/EPAs-Tools-for-Techs.pdf
For Distribution: September 22, 2010: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion releases Report on WiFi and Health. National media outlets in Canada recently reported that concerned parents believe the WiFi wireless internet technology, currently being deployed in schools, might be damaging their children’s health. A growing population wants the… read more →
Scientific and policy developments regarding the health effects of electromagnetic radiation exposure from cell phones, Wi-Fi, Smart Meters, and other wireless devices. Sunday, November 3, 2013 Cellphones and Health by Dr. Joel Moskowitz Reprinted from TheGreenGazette, Sept/Oct 2013 issue, pp. 8-9 http://www.saferemr.com/2013/09/cellphones-and-health_9.html BioInitiative 2012: A Rationale for Biologically–based… read more →