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RECORD NUMBER: 300 OF 1896Main Title | Building safe schools : invisible threats, visible actions / | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Center for Health, Environment and Justice, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2005 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 62750421 | |||||||||||
Subjects | School buildings--Health aspects--United States ; Community and school--United States ; Environmental justice--United States ; Hazardous waste sites--United States | |||||||||||
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Collation | 46 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references. | |||||||||||
Contents Notes | Introduction -- A growing trend: siting schools near contaminated land -- Children's special vulnerabilities -- Rising rates of disease in children -- What makes children especially vulnerable to environmental chemicals? -- The school siting process: factors that influence where new schools are located -- Examples of schools built on or near contaminated land -- 50 state survey: existing school siting laws, policies and regulations -- Model school siting legislation: guidance for acquiring school property and evaluating existing sites -- Key elements of a protective school siting policy -- Ensuring meaningful participation in school siting decisions -- Categorical exclusion of candidate sites -- Evaluating candidate sites -- Developing a cleanup plan for a contaminated site -- The last resort: building on a highly contaminated site -- Action steps: for parents and community representatives -- Table A-1: New York State recommended soil cleanup objectives for chemicals commonly found at contaminated sites -- Table A-2: adverse health effects associated with chemicals commonly found at contaminated sites -- Complete list of New York State recommended soil cleanup objectives. | |||||||||||
Place Published | Falls Church, VA : | |||||||||||
Access Notes | Also available on the Internet. Viewed: 12/28/2005. | |||||||||||
Corporate Au Added Ent | Child Proofing Our Communities Campaign. ; Center for Health, Environment and Justice (Organization). | |||||||||||
PUB Date Free Form | 2005. | |||||||||||
BIB Level | m | |||||||||||
Cataloging Source | OCLC/T | |||||||||||
OCLC Time Stamp | 20051228085709 | |||||||||||
Language | eng | |||||||||||
Origin | OCLC | |||||||||||
Type | CAT | |||||||||||
OCLC Rec Leader | 02357nam 2200277Ka 45020 |