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How Do Schools Affect Your Health?

Schools are places of learning, but that doesn’t make them necessarily healthy. Children spend a large portion of their waking hours on school property, where they can be exposed to mold, poor air quality, tailpipe pollution, pesticides, cleaning supplies, and other potential health harms.
 

Who is most vulnerable?

Children are inherently more vulnerable to environmental hazards than adults, because of both physiological factors (their organ systems are still developing) and behavioral factors (they put their hands in their mouths more often, for example). Children with underlying health conditions, such as those with asthma, are especially vulnerable to environmental health threats at school.
 

What you can do.

Learn more about how schools affect your health by exploring our resources on toxic chemicals. Talk with your school officials about your concerns.
 

Resources about Schools

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The Healthier Classroom Checklist

Fact Sheet

The Healthier Classroom Checklist

How Oil and Gas Affect School Age Children

Fact Sheet

How Oil and Gas Affect School Age Children

Protect Little Lungs

Fact Sheet

Protect Little Lungs

School Air Quality

Fact Sheet

School Air Quality

Calidad del aire de las escuelas

Fact Sheet

Calidad del aire de las escuelas

How to Get Your Child to Wear a Mask at School

Article

How to Get Your Child to Wear a Mask at School

Kids Are Climate Leaders Too!

Article

Kids Are Climate Leaders Too!

Can Schools Disinfect Safely to Keep Students Healthy from Covid-19?

Article

Can Schools Disinfect Safely to Keep Students Healthy from Covid-19?

Healthy Pregnancy Guide

Article

Healthy Pregnancy Guide

Why I'll Be Wearing Orange On June 5th

Article

Why I'll Be Wearing Orange On June 5th

Conscientious Pandemic Shopping

Article

Conscientious Pandemic Shopping

8 Tools for Kids to Learn About Climate Change at Home

Article

8 Tools for Kids to Learn About Climate Change at Home

Teach Your Children Well. Plant a Garden.

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Teach Your Children Well. Plant a Garden.

7 Lessons Greta Thunberg Taught Me

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7 Lessons Greta Thunberg Taught Me

A Mother's Story: Mercury In School Gym Flooring Makes Son Sick

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A Mother's Story: Mercury In School Gym Flooring Makes Son Sick

Mom Detective: Is There Toxic Mercury In Your Child's School Flooring?

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Mom Detective: Is There Toxic Mercury In Your Child's School Flooring?

10 Things Kids Can Do After the Climate Strike

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10 Things Kids Can Do After the Climate Strike

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How to Get Your Child to Wear a Mask at School

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How to Get Your Child to Wear a Mask at School

Kids Are Climate Leaders Too!

Article

Kids Are Climate Leaders Too!

Can Schools Disinfect Safely to Keep Students Healthy from Covid-19?

Article

Can Schools Disinfect Safely to Keep Students Healthy from Covid-19?

Healthy Pregnancy Guide

Article

Healthy Pregnancy Guide

Why I'll Be Wearing Orange On June 5th

Article

Why I'll Be Wearing Orange On June 5th

Conscientious Pandemic Shopping

Article

Conscientious Pandemic Shopping

8 Tools for Kids to Learn About Climate Change at Home

Article

8 Tools for Kids to Learn About Climate Change at Home

Teach Your Children Well. Plant a Garden.

Article

Teach Your Children Well. Plant a Garden.

7 Lessons Greta Thunberg Taught Me

Article

7 Lessons Greta Thunberg Taught Me

A Mother's Story: Mercury In School Gym Flooring Makes Son Sick

Article

A Mother's Story: Mercury In School Gym Flooring Makes Son Sick

Mom Detective: Is There Toxic Mercury In Your Child's School Flooring?

Article

Mom Detective: Is There Toxic Mercury In Your Child's School Flooring?

10 Things Kids Can Do After the Climate Strike

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10 Things Kids Can Do After the Climate Strike

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