Is my classroom environment safe?
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What about pollution from school buses?
How can I learn about drinking water safety in schools?
What can I do at school to reduce climate change?
What about pesticides and chemicals in schools?
How can I reduce stormwater runoff from schools and protect downstream waters?
How can I protect my kids from the harmful effects of the sun?
How can I learn more about our environment?
How can I learn about national environmental conditions and trends?
How can I learn more about toxic releases in the environment?
Where can I learn more about environmental regulations?
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The Healthy School Environments Web pages
are intended to serve as a gateway to on-line resources
to help facility managers, school administrators,
architects, design engineers, school nurses, parents,
teachers and staff address environmental health issues
in schools.
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EPA's Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Kit shows schools how to carry out a practical plan of action to improve indoor air problems at little or no cost using straightforward activities and in-house staff.
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The goal of Clean School Bus USA is to reduce both children's exposure to diesel exhaust, and the amount of air pollution created by diesel school buses. For more information:
EPA estimates that about 10,000 schools and child care facilities maintain their own water supply are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act. But there are over 500,000 facilities that are not regulated under SDWA, and therefore may or may not be conducting voluntary drinking water quality testing. Whether your facility is regulated or non-regulated, find out more about drinking water quality in schools.
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Students, educators and school administrators can all play a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Ask your school administrator to use integrated pest management as a safer and often less costly alternative to regularly scheduled spraying. Develop a successful chemical management program for your school to reduce the risk of chemical accidents.
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School administrators can use green landscaping techniques that allow stormwater runoff to soak in the ground rather than going offsite and polluting downstream waters. EPA's Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development Web pages can help you learn about green practices such as rain gardens, downspout disconnection, green roofs and pervious pavement that can be used at your school to protect downstream waters.
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Overexposure to UV radiation can lead to serious health
effects, such as skin cancer, cataracts, and immune
suppression. EPA's SunWise Program can help you protect
yourself and your students from overexposure to the
sun through the use of classroom-based, school-based,
and community-based advisories.
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Whether you are a teacher or a student in kindergarten, or doing
postdoctoral research, EPA has many educational resources to offer
you when you visit our educational resources web pages.
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EPA's "Environmental Indicators Initiative" seeks to improve the Agency's ability to report on the status of and trends in environmental conditions and their impacts on human health and the nation's natural resources.
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EPA's Toxics Release Inventory database provides information to the public about releases of toxic chemicals from manufacturing facilities into the environment through the air, water, and land. Our "Search by Zip Code" page allows you to find zip code-based information from numerous EPA databases about facilities, watersheds, enforcement actions, and other searches.
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Laws often do not include all the details needed to explain how an individual, business, state or local government, or non-profit might follow the law. In order to make the laws work on a day-to-day level, Congress authorizes certain government agencies - including EPA - to create regulations. Regulations set specific requirements about what is legal and what isn't. For example, a regulation issued by EPA to implement a law called the "Clean Air Act" might explain what levels of a pollutant - such as sulfur dioxide - are safe. EPA's site provides basic information about how we write our regulations. Moreover, Regulations.gov enables you to search, view, and comment on regulations, topic-by-topic, that are being proposed from all federal agencies.
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Healthy School Environments (epa.gov/schools) - a gateway to on-line resources to help facility managers, school administrators, architects, design engineers, school nurses, parents, teachers and staff address environmental health issues in schools.
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Right-to-know laws provide information about possible chemical exposures. Discover resources EPA provides the public in the spirit of right-to-know.
Our proposed regulations are almost always open to the public for comment. Your participation leads to better regulations.
Tips for home safety, avoiding potential risks, and preventing pollution by recycling and conserving water and energy.
Information about preventing pollution in your workplace, and raising awareness of health and safety issues.
Consumer information about the environmental impacts of transportation plus tips on cleaner cars, saving gas and improving mileage, boating pollution prevention tips, and more.
Whether you are a student or a teacher in a class about the environment, EPA has lots of educational resources to offer you.
Find helpful information on how to choose purchases that will reduce pollution, save energy and money.
Learn how to protect your neighborhood's natural resources, and get information on air and water quality in your community.
Learn about environmental issues that impact our world, and about programs, opportunities, and tools to help you get involved and make a difference in your community.
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Information on potential environmental violations and how to report a suspicious situation. To report oil and chemical spills, call the National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802.
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Information on how to protect children from toxins, the sun, lead, and other potential environmental health threats.