Author: Susan S. AddissPublisher:
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Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Pest Control Practices in Connecticut Public Schools
Author: Susan S. AddissPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Maryland's School Integrated Pest Management Law
Author: Matthew RanelliPublisher:
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Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Discusses Maryland's law regarding integrated pest management in public schools.
The Toxic Schoolhouse
Author: Madeleine Kangsen ScammellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351840991
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Toxic Schoolhouse is a collection of articles on chemical hazards endangering students, teachers, and staff in the education system of the United States and Canada. Some of the articles were originally published in a special issue of New Solutions: A Journal of Occupational and Environmental Policy, but all have been updated and several new articles have been added. The book is organized in three sections. The first describes problems ranging from the failures of coordination, monitoring, and siting of school buildings to the hazards of exposure to toxic substances, including lead and PCBs. The second section captures the voices of activists seeking change and describes community and union organizing efforts to improve school conditions. The third section covers policy "solutions." The authors include academics, union staff and rank-and-file activists, parent organization leaders, and public health professionals.
Integrated Pest Management for Northeast Schools
Author: Craig S. HollingsworthPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Pesticides
Author: Marvin J. LevinePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313082197
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Pesticide exposure has long been a cause for concern, and with good reason. Studies have shown that all persons, but especially children, pregnant women, farmers, farmworkers, and the elderly, may experience negative health effects from pesticide exposure. These effects may include acute poisoning, cancer, neurological damage, birth defects, reduced sperm count, suppressed immune systems, and reproductive and developmental harm. This book is a comprehensive examination of pesticide use, pesticide harm, and alternatives to harmful pesticides. Levine highlights the role of farming, because a substantial majority—70 percent or more annually—of pesticides are applied in agricultural uses, thereby making their way into the food chain and into the water supply. More than 20 types of pesticides have been detected in U.S. groundwater, and it is believed that nearly 100 have the potential to invade our municipal water systems. Some level of pesticide contamination has been detected in every state, in both urban and agricultural areas. Outside of agriculture, people are exposed to pesticides primarily in the home. Approximately 90 percent of all households in the nation use pesticides, and the number and concentration of these agents indoors has been shown to be greater than outdoors. Given that Americans now spend nearly 90 percent of each day indoors, this is an issue of real concern. In addition to homes, suburban and rural corporate parks are also affected. Schools are another worrisome venue. In too many of our 110,000 school districts, untrained persons are making critical decisions about the use of pesticides in school buildings and on school grounds. No other book currently examines this issue in such breadth and depth.
Pest Control in the School Environment
Author: DIANE Publishing CompanyPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788131615
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Protecting children and their health while they attend school is the responsibility of every adult in the school system. This manual provides instruction on how to rid the school environment of rodents and pests safely. Covers integrated pest management techniques from drafting initial policy to program implementation and monitoring. great for school custodians, teachers, and pest control professionals.
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Author: Laura Braband
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