School Environmental Health

Children
  • Asbestos

  • Asbestos containing building materials, regulations, inspection and abatement.

  • Drinking Water

  • Protecting drinking water quality in schools. Educating teachers, parents, and students about drinking water.
  • Food Business Safety

  • Food safety and sanitation, National School Lunch Program, foodworker illness.
  • Indoor Air

  • Investigating, remediating, and planning for healthy indoor air quality in schools.

  • Lead

  • Lead poisoning prevention, lead-safe remodeling, renovation and repair regulations.
  • Mercury

  • Mercury-free status, preventing and cleaning up spills, drum-top bulb crushers, flooring.
  • Pesticides

  • Managing pests in schools while preventing unnecessary pesticide exposures to children and staff.
  • Radon

  • Radon testing, mitigation, and reporting. Model indoor air quality plan and other radon resources for schools.