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Environmental > Environmental Links

Websites about Environment

CCA: Coalition for Clean Air

CHEC: Resource for environmental health risks affecting children

EDF: Environmental Defense Fund

Livable Streets: Re-envisoning US cities

Nescaum: Northeastern US clean air organization

NRDC: Research and advocacy about environmental pollution

WEACT: West Harlem environmental action group building community power to fight environmental racism and improvehealth, protection and policy.

WEACT Maps: NYC-area maps related to pollution sources, asthma rates and socio-economic factors.

 

Articles about Air Pollution

Associations of PM2.5 and black carbon ... traffic, idling, background pollution and meterology during dismissal time

Idle Moments Turn into Tons of Air Pollutants at Schools ... School bus idling and airborne pollution, based on AFSZ research.

Healthier Students Are Better Learners
Air quality is linked to health, which is linked, in turn, to school achievement.

Lung Development of Young Monkeys ... Exposed to Ozone Pollution

Diesel Exhaust Particles ... Asthma

Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Pollution ... Lung Cancer

Slower Lung Function Growth Rate ... in Children Exposed to Pollution

High Diesel Exhaust Levels ... School Buses

Findings on Air Pollution ... Asthma, Other Respiratory Illnesses

 

 

 

 

 
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SCHOOL WALK-AROUND

Follow along on the YouTube Walk-Around Video. (9 min.)

• Classroom
• Cafeteria
• Gymnasium
• Bathrooms
• Outdoors

Member schools can find the Walk-Around Checklist and Solutions Guide in the online School Resource Center.

 
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