Welcome to the electronic newsletter for Canadians for a Safe Learning Environment (CASLE). CASLE is a registered charity working to improve the condition of school buildings and the products and practices used in schools, so that students and staff have safe and healthy places to spend their days. Healthy Schools… read more →
Successful Scent-Free Programs in Schools: Tips from Principals July 2015 “It is virtually impossible to ‘police’ a scent-free environment for a school on a daily basis, so we focus on education, understanding, awareness and cooperation.” (Vice-Principal of a school with a successful scent-free program) In general: Develop a school Code… read more →
What is Asthma and how Common is it? Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by a sudden constriction of the bronchial tubes causing difficulties in breathing, chest constriction, and coughing (Canadian Institute of Child Health). According to the 1998 Sentinel Report based on a Health Canada student lung survey,… read more →
__(name)_______High School CODE OF CONDUCT (http://(insert URL for school web site) .ednet.ns.ca) Date: (ie March, 2014) SCENT SMART POLICY No scents are to be worn or used at school by any student, staff or visitor to the school. The following procedures will be used to implement and… read more →
DRAFT School Newsletter Many new families have moved into our school community and may not be familiar with our Scent Smart program. Our school has students and staff who experience symptoms such as headaches, asthma, and much worse, when they breathe even small amounts of fragrance chemicals. Some are… read more →
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… read more →
SCENT RESEARCH: Sample Abstracts from Research Articles Relevant to the Perfume Issue 1997 1 – Lorig TS, EEG and ERP studies of low-level odor exposure in normal subjects. Toxicology and Industrial Health, July-Oct. 1994, vol 10, No.4/5, 579-586. “Evidence from four EEG/ERP experiments is presented. Findings of these experiments consistently… read more →
Presentation to the Halifax Regional School Board on the Proposed Scent Policy September 15, 1998 by: Citizens for A Safe Learning Environment Note: Updated: 22/10/2008 CASLE made this presentation to the Halifax Regional School Board’s public forum on the proposed Scent Free policy. Medical experts made an additional presentation to… read more →
Toxic Chemicals in Fragrances Acetaldehyde – found in perfume, dyes, fruit and fish preservatives, and flavor fragrances, which produces a fruity odor. It is a suspected animal carcinogen and has been classified in Group B2 as a probable human carcinogen of low carcinogenic hazard by the EPA. It can cause… read more →
Scent-Free Healthy Schools (Updated September 2008) “There are two kinds of scents, Common Sense and Perfume Scents.” With those words, another scent-free program is launched. It’s the first day of school and the several hundred Junior High students are gathered in the gym for a few words from the principal.… read more →