Tag: mould

  • Healthy School Design and Construction – 2003

    HEALTHY SCHOOL DESIGN and CONSTRUCTION Healthy Schools Construction Committee July, 2003 Acknowledgments: We would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following individuals. Tang Lee, Architect, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Art McLaughlin, P.Eng. Environmental Specialist, OCL Group-Environmental Management Consultants, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gary Oberg, M.D., physician/author Ch 16, The healthy School…

  • Book Review: The Toxic Schoolhouse

    Book Review: The Toxic Schoolhouse

    Book Review: The Toxic Schoolhouse, edited by Madeleine Kangsen Scammell and Charles Levenstein Updated: 04/11/2014 Book Review: The Toxic Schoolhouse Baywood Publishing Company, Amityville, New York, http://baywood.com, edited by Madeleine Kangsen Scammell and Charles Levenstein, 2014. Parents should be able to assume that school buildings are healthy places for children, but The Toxic Schoolhouse reveals the…

  • Avisio Article – Sick Schools

    The following article was featured in the Winter 2001 issue of AVISO, the magazine of the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union. CASLE recognizes that articles such as this can raise the level of knowledge about indoor air quality and can help prevent harm to teachers’ health and well being. Sick Schools Picture this: Mould consultants advise…

  • Carpets in Schools?

    Carpets in Schools?

    History Carpets have qualities that we like to live with, such as sound dampening, slip prevention and just a softer place to sit on the floor. In lower elementary grades sitting on the floor is part of most days. It seemed like a good idea at the time.For many years a quick and inexpensive solution…

  • Mould and School Indoor Air Quality

    Mould and School Indoor Air Quality This document is intended for school administrators, staff, parents, students, and anyone concerned with mould problems in schools. Indoor mould overgrowth can be a common problem in schools, often with serious health concerns. Some individuals are more sensitive to mould exposure than others. Whether the individual has a true…