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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.

"Parents can't take it for granted that schools are the healthy places and safe havens we expect them to be. Too many schools, old and new, have poor ventilation systems, bad sanitation, and extensive safety code violations. The US EPA estimates that nearly 33,000 middle and high schools have outdated or improperly stored explosives and other hazardous chemicals in maintenance closets, labs and classrooms. Yet it is rare to find a school where anyone takes responsibility to enforce basic health and safety standards. Healthy Schools Day reminds us to work together for healthy high performance schools and speak up to protect children from school conditions that threaten their health and education."  Healthy Schools Day, April 11, 2011, Ellie Goldberg, MEd, www.healthy-kids.info

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8 Steps to Reducing Asthma at School

A Team Approach to School IAQ 

High Performance Kids in High Performance Schools

The ABCs of a Healthier School

Environmental Disasters Don't Have to Be Educational Disasters

Green School, Safe School

How Healthy Is Your School? 

Safety in the Breathing Zone. What's that smell? 

Save Money on Asthma Meds

School Environmental Health Report Card

Strengthening the School Nurse-Student Partnership for Students with Asthma and other Environmentally-Triggered Conditions  

Persistently
 Dangerous 
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What Can I Do If My School Is Unsafe?

Your Environmental Self Defense Plan


Giving Carpets A Second Thought: When Health Takes Precedence Over Décor (Part I), Ellie Goldberg, M.Ed., Asthma Magazine, November/December, 2000.
Giving Carpets A Second Thought: The Effects of Carpeting in Our Schools (Part II), Ellie Goldberg, M.Ed., Asthma Magazine, January/April, 2001.
Clearing the Air in Schools, Our Children. Ellie Goldberg, PTA Magazine, Oct/Nov '06

ELLIE GOLDBERG, M.Ed. is an education and environmental health advocate for healthy children, safe schools and sustainable communities – clean water, clean air, clean energy and safe food. Inspired by the legacy of Rachel Carson, who taught that our health and security is intimately connected to the quality of our environment, Ellie is active in public health, environmental, educational and public policy organizations working to increase citizen engagement, government accountability and corporate responsibility on behalf of children and their healthy development. 

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Ellie.Goldberg@gmail.com 

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