The toxic schoolhouse. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Madeleine Kangsen Scammell, Charles Levenstein.
• Authors: Scammell, Madeleine Kangsen; Levenstein, Charles
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction PART I ~ The Problem Chapter 1. Who’s in Charge of Children’s Environmental Health at School?; Jerome Paulson and Claire Barnett Chapter 2. Who’s Sick at School: Linking Poor School Conditions and Health Disparities for Boston’s Children; Tolle Graham, Jean Zotter, and Marlene Camacho June 2012 Update on Who’s Sick at School Report; Tolle Graham, Jean Zotter, and Marlene Camacho Chapter 3. Failing Our Children: Lead in U.S. School Drinking Water; Yanna Lambrinidou, Simoni Triantafyllidou, and Marc Edwards Chapter 4. PCBs in School—Persistent Chemicals, Persistent Problems; Robert F. Herrick Update on PCBs in School; Robert F. Herrick Chapter 5. Healthy School Siting and Planning Policies: Linking Public Health, Education, and the Environment; Alison K. Cohen PART II ~ Organizing for Change Chapter 6. “Serving Two Masters”—An Interview with School Teacher and Union Organizer; Debra Askwith; Madeleine Kangsen Scammell and Ema Rodrigues Chapter 7. “We Can’t Give Up, It’s Too Important”—Health and Safety Stories from Canadian and U.S. Schools; Dorothy Wigmore Chapter 8. New Jersey’s Union-Centered Healthy Schools Work; Eileen Senn Chapter 9. Negotiating Indoor Air—Case Report on Negotiation of Teachers’ Union, School Board on Air Contaminants; Sarah Gibson and Charles Levenstein Chapter 10. School Custodians and Green Cleaners:Labor-Environment Coalitions and Toxics Reduction; Laura Senier, Brian Mayer, Phil Brown, and Rachel Morello-Frosch PART III ~ Advances in Policy Chapter 11. Integrated Pest Management Policies in America’s Schools: Is Federal Legislation Needed?; Andrea Kidd Taylor, Kyle Esdaille, and Jennifer Ames Chapter 12. Reducing Asthma Triggers in Schools: Recommendations for Effective Policies, Regulations, and Legislation; Joan N. Parker Chapter 13. Building the New Schoolhouse: The Massachusetts School Building Authority; Jennifer Ames and Charles Levenstein Contributors; Index;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Subjects: 371.7; School hygiene; School children -- Health and hygiene; School environment
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351840996; 1351840991
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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