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Johnston, Jill E.; Lopez, Mark; Gribble, Matthew O.; Gutschow, Wendy; Austin, Christine; Arora, Manish – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Advocates for civil rights, environmental justice, and movements promoting social justice require data and may lack trust in public authorities, turning instead to academic scientists to help address their questions. Assessing historical exposure to toxic chemicals, especially in situations of a specific industrial source of pollution affecting a…
Descriptors: Pollution, Metallurgy, Poisoning, Hazardous Materials
Jones, Jeff; Barnett, Claire; Naidoo, Alex; Witherspoon, Nsedu Obot; Trousdale, Kristie; Swanson, Maureen; Gregoire, Tracy – Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2018
Eliminating lead risks in PK-12 public and private schools was the focus of a facilitated workshop co-sponsored and organized by Healthy Schools Network, the Children's Environmental Health Network, and the Learning Disabilities Association of America. Held December 6-7, 2017, in Washington, DC, it included some 40 participants. They were experts…
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials, Poisoning, Risk, Risk Assessment
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Radford, Samantha A.; Hunter, Ronald E., Jr.; Barr, Dana Boyd; Ryan, P. Barry – Journal of Chemical Education, 2013
A laboratory experiment was developed to target analytical chemistry students and to teach them about insecticides in food, sample extraction, and cleanup. Micro concentrations (sub-microgram/mL levels) of 12 insecticides spiked into apple juice samples are extracted using liquid-liquid extraction and cleaned up using either a primary-secondary…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Science Experiments
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La Porte, Angela M. – Art Education, 2010
This article discusses Fundreds in Arkansas, an interactive cooperative in Arkansas to promote and support Mel Chin's nationwide interdisciplinary artwork, Operation Paydirt (The Fundred Dollar Bill Project). The artwork involves communities and educational institutions across the country, healthcare professionals, engineers, urban planners, and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Art Products, Art Activities, Art Education
Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2013
States compel children to attend school; in fact, 98% of all school-age children attend schools--irrespective of conditions. Yet the environmental conditions of decayed facilities or facilities close to hazards can damage children's health and ability to learn. At the same time, it is well documented that healthy school facilities can help…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Risk, Public Health, Diseases
O'Hara, Jim – Momentum, 2000
Reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been tracking the levels of lead, which is linked to increased behavioral disorders, retardation, and anemia in children, in the United States since the 1970s. Provides statistics on the current state of chronic diseases in the U.S. and asserts that there is a need for a nationwide heath…
Descriptors: Anemia, Child Health, Conservation (Environment), Disease Control
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2008
Children and adolescents, up to approximately age 20, are more susceptible than adults to potential health risks from chemicals and environmental hazards. Hazardous chemicals can interrupt or alter the normal development of a child's body, leading to lasting damage. Since children are smaller than adults, similar levels of exposure to toxic…
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials, Risk, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Lebeau, Kara; Gagnon, Michele – Exceptional Parent, 2006
Doctors, nurses and other health care providers are making observational associations that individuals with existing disabilities or those who may be medically fragile are susceptible to adverse effects from toxic exposures than the general population. Because of this, the American Association on Mental Retardation has launched an Environmental…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Hazardous Materials, Poisoning, Food
Sattler, Barbara – Zero to Three, 2005
Each of the elements required to create a healthy baby--genetics, the anatomy of the male and female reproductive system, the processes by which eggs and sperm are produced, the processes by which the embryo is created and implanted, maternal health during pregnancy, and embryonic/fetal growth and development--is vulnerable to damage by…
Descriptors: Child Health, Pregnancy, Risk, Genetics
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Jorgenson, Andrew K.; Kuykendall, Kennon A. – Social Forces, 2008
Bridging the areas of political-economic sociology, the sociology of agriculture and environmental sociology, this study tests two hypotheses derived from a refined theory of foreign investment dependence. The hypotheses state that pesticide and fertilizer use intensity in less-developed countries are both positively associated with foreign…
Descriptors: Poisoning, Global Approach, Sociology, Agriculture
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2008
Designed as a "Participant's Manual" to be used as part of a "Chemical and Mercury Management in Schools Training," this document focuses on the policies and programs needed at the school and district level for safe and sustainable chemical and mercury management practices. This document is designed primarily for school…
Descriptors: Accidents, Guides, Hazardous Materials, Risk
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Cooper, Kathleen – Alternatives Journal, 2002
Reports on sources of lead contamination in the environment of children. Proposes some solutions and presents statistics that relate poverty and lead contamination. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Miller, Elise; Snow, Nancy – Zero to Three, 2005
Emerging research suggests that exposure to environmental pollutants, prenatally and in early childhood, may contribute significantly to diseases and disabilities. For example, exposures to mercury or lead early in life can impact the nervous system and brain, potentially contributing to learning, behavioral, and developmental disabilities. The…
Descriptors: Poisoning, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Hazardous Materials