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For Healthy Schools Website
Avoid
toxic exposures by conducting an audit, learn about the hidden
toxic hazards in consumer products and their effect on health,
draft a chemical hazard policy for your school.
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NEW
BOOK!!
SAFER SOLUTIONS
Integrated
Pest Management Handbook for Australian schools by Jo Immig &
TEC.
New
On-Line Children's Environmental Health Resource, Toxicity and
Exposure Assessment for Children's Health (TEACH)
TEACH, a project of the U.S. EPA, is a new searchable database
containing overviews of scientific literature in the field of
children's environmental health risks from chemical exposure.
TEACH currently contains over 1,400 references from January 1972
to January 2003. These references cover information on environmental
contaminants that potentially impact children's health and are
updated annually.
UPDATED
Oct 2006
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Chemical
Awareness in Schools is a national community forum on
toxic chemicals and children's health in Australia. We hope to
see safe, non-toxic guidelines implemented in all our children's
environments.
We urge all who visit this page to make use of the information
here for the sake of the children in their care.
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LATEST
NEWS
TOXICS THAT
LAST GENERATIONS
The
unique bond between a mother and daughter starts in the womb and
lasts a lifetime. This Mother's Day, lab tests of mothers and
their daughters show that they share another, unwanted bond: a
common body burden of industrial chemicals that can be passed
down across generations.
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CCA
TREATED TIMBER
The use of CCA in Australia has been restricted because of new
evidence that it is unsafe. But what about the existing decks,
cubby-houses, schools & public playgrounds?
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Story
| Latest CCS Press Release June 06
INDOOR
ENVIRONMENTS & SCHOOL DESIGN
Australian
schools and childcare facilities do not meet international best-practise
standards for construction and renovation materials. Flooring,
paints, glues and particle board emit toxic chemicals into indoor
air.
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Story
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