National Healthy Schools Day
Added on May 01, 2008 by healthykids
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IAQ and Health Resource
The new IAQ Scientific Findings Resource Bank web site is now available
at http://eetd.lbl.gov/ied/sfrb .
at http://eetd.lbl.gov/ied/sfrb .
Added on April 30, 2008 by healthykids
Be a resource to your school
Parents and other community groups need to help schools make chemical safety part of ongoing school security audits and safety plans.
Strengthening Your School's Response to Explosives and Other Hazardous Materials v. 2008
Strengthening Your School's Response to Explosives and Other Hazardous Materials v. 2008
Added on April 17, 2008 by healthykids
Conducting a Chemical Cleanout
"Conducting a Full Chemical Cleanout in Schools," by Rachel Colella, Northeast Waste Management Officials Association, September 2007
www.newmoa.org/prevention/projects/ chemcleanout/ConductingChemicalCleanout.pdf
Added on April 16, 2008 by healthykids
A Model Partnership for Safe Kids
By: California Safe Schools
Yesterday in Los Angeles, many distinguished environmental health and justice advocates in addition to political leaders expressed their gratitude & praised the efforts of the Los Angeles Unified School District, (2nd largest in the nation) for working cooperatively for a decade with California Safe Schools (CSS), a children's environmental health organization in creating the most protective pesticide policy for schools in the country.
Yesterday in Los Angeles, many distinguished environmental health and justice advocates in addition to political leaders expressed their gratitude & praised the efforts of the Los Angeles Unified School District, (2nd largest in the nation) for working cooperatively for a decade with California Safe Schools (CSS), a children's environmental health organization in creating the most protective pesticide policy for schools in the country.
Added on March 28, 2008 by healthykids
Lessons can still be learned
Seventy-one years after a tragic -- and preventable -- explosion, lessons can still be learned from the London School Tragedy. See "Time to Heal," Glenn Cook, American School Board Journal, April 2008, volume 195, no. 04, pages 44-47.
Added on March 25, 2008 by healthykids
Safety Lessons
U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Press Release
CSB Video Room
Three years after the explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 180 others at the BP Texas City refinery, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a new, comprehensive safety video that describes the causes of the accident and key safety lessons. The new 56-minute video, Anatomy of a Disaster: Explosion at BP Texas City Refinery, is available for viewing in the Video Room of the CSB's website. DVDs of the video will be provided at no charge through the online request form.
Added on March 24, 2008 by healthykids
1937 School Explosion Documentary
YouTube - Watch video - 10 min
The story of the 1937 Texas School Explosion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKt01p3DJRw
The story of the 1937 Texas School Explosion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKt01p3DJRw
Added on March 22, 2008 by healthykids
March 18, 1937
The cenotaph erected to memorialize the 319 people, mostly children, who died in the 1937 Texas School Explosion .
Healthy Schools Heroes Award 2008 Every year, to mark the anniversary, Healthy Kids salutes Healthy Schools Heroes who demonstrate extraordinary responsibility and inspirational leadership to protect children and teachers from chemical hazards in schools. The Healthy Schools Heroes Award is an annual opportunity to remember the worst school disaster in American history as a case study and cautionary tale. It can inspire us to break the silence about school hazards and to prioritize the values and technical skills we need to live safely with 21st century chemicals and technology. It prompts us to take action to save lives in today's schools where explosives and other hazardous materials in labs, closets and storerooms are routinely ignored.
Bring the Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion to Your School.
Be a hero to your school. 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) create a universal zero tolerance policy for explosives in schools,
3) promote a sense of shared responsibility and accountability for student, employee and visitor health and safety in all school areas and activities.
Healthy Schools Heroes Award 2008 Every year, to mark the anniversary, Healthy Kids salutes Healthy Schools Heroes who demonstrate extraordinary responsibility and inspirational leadership to protect children and teachers from chemical hazards in schools. The Healthy Schools Heroes Award is an annual opportunity to remember the worst school disaster in American history as a case study and cautionary tale. It can inspire us to break the silence about school hazards and to prioritize the values and technical skills we need to live safely with 21st century chemicals and technology. It prompts us to take action to save lives in today's schools where explosives and other hazardous materials in labs, closets and storerooms are routinely ignored.
Bring the Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion to Your School.
Be a hero to your school. 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) create a universal zero tolerance policy for explosives in schools,
3) promote a sense of shared responsibility and accountability for student, employee and visitor health and safety in all school areas and activities.
Added on March 18, 2008 by healthykids
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- 40 Suggestions for a Safer Lab
- ***HEALTHY SCHOOLS HEROES 2008***
- Calendar of Events, Activities & Resources
- Back to School: National Preparedness Month
- Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion
- Strengthening the Schools Response to Explosives
- The Laboratory Safety Institute
- The New London School Explosion
- Healthy Kids: The Key to Basics
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