Healthy Schools Network
| Organization(s) |
Environmental Protection Agency - Region 2
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| Project Description |
In 2000, EPA Region 2 awarded an Environmental Justice (EJ) P2 grant to The Healthy Schools Network, Inc. Through its two-year project "Children, Learning, and Poisons Don't Mix: Helping Schools Kick the Toxics Habit," the Healthy Schools Network coordinated an effort to phase-out the use of toxic pesticides and hazardous custodial products in targeted low-income or minority schools, or in schools with high rates of asthma. Healthy Schools established three to five pilots with schools in upstate New York that phased-out or eliminated the use of these products. The organization also built awareness among health care providers of school environment-related health problems in children and of less costly and healthier alternatives to commonly-used products. |
| More Info |
www.epa.gov/Region2/news/2000/00119.htm |
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| Project Contact |
| Name |
Danielle Fuligni |
| Phone |
212-637-3584 |
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| Project Keywords |
| Industrial Sectors |
Educational Institutions |
| Activity Keywords |
Funding and grants |
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| Source |
| Newsletter |
Northeast States Pollution Prevention News - Vol. 10 No 2, Summer 2000 [PDF] |
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