Deirdre Imus helps schools go green
From http://www.dienviro.com/index1.aspx?BD=17700
The National "Greening Your Schools" Program
Through our national "Greening Your Schools" program, The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center is helping schools adopt more eco-friendly cleaning and maintenance practices.
See article in USA Today:
"Deirdre Imus Helps Schools Go Green"
Welcome rbinck!
Thanks for sharing this article! It is great to see stories such as these that show people are focused on 'what you don't see'.
"The significant increases we see with (these diseases), most of that goes back to environment and pollutants," Imus says.
Replacing potentially dangerous cleaning supplies, lawn chemicals and pest controls with environmentally friendly and non-toxic alternatives is a major focus of Imus' "Greening Your School" program. The focus on cleaning supplies is called "Greening Your Cleaning."
"We started researching available products, but we were not comfortable recommending any of them because we couldn't even tell 100% what was in the product," Blaire said.A sampling of the potential health effects of some common household products:
Glass cleaners
• Isopropyl alcohol: Can irritate the skin, eyes, nose and throat.
• Ammonia: Can irritate the skin and eyes; can cause coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath.
All-purpose cleaners
• 2-butoxyethanol: Can cause headaches, dizziness, lightheadedness and confusion, in addition to irritating the eyes, nose, throat and mouth.
Bathroom cleaners
•Sodium hypochlorite/chlorine: Can severely irritate the skin; may cause eye damage, coughing or shortness of breath.
Source: The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology
And as we continue to advance as a society, I imagine we will learn of other 'things' that are currently deemed as acceptable in buildings whereas in the future they may not be.
Interesting!
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Well I think its the best move..I mean implementing or initiating it at school where students maybe become aware on the early stage of their life and become conscious of this things..Originally Posted by rbinck
well, the school is the place were children are being molded to become professionals and vital contributors to our society. I strongly agree that they should be exposed to this kind of projects every now and then so that they would be aware at a very young age our r responsibilities to the environment.
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