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Reducing Children’s Environmental Health Risks Through Safe School Siting

Reducing Children’s Environmental Health Risks Through Safe School Siting. By: Created for: Date:. P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA | o 703-237-2249 |f 703-237-8389 | www.chej.org. Our Healthy Community. A place where children live, learn, and play

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Reducing Children’s Environmental Health Risks Through Safe School Siting

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  1. Reducing Children’s Environmental Health Risks Through Safe School Siting By: Created for: Date: • P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA| o 703-237-2249 |f 703-237-8389 | www.chej.org

  2. Our Healthy Community • A place where children live, learn, and play • Protects children from hazardous chemical exposure through taking precautionary steps • Allows children to become vital contributors of society by protecting their health and the environment • P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA| o 703-237-2249 |f 703-237-8389 | www.chej.org

  3. Children Are A Vulnerable Population • Not small adults • Eat more food, drink more water, breath more air, and explore the environment more than adults • Move through several stages of rapid growth and development that have lifelong impacts to themselves, their family, and their community • Chemical regulations are based upon the average healthy adult’s age, weight, consumption, and activities . .. Regulatory levels, we have come to realize are too high for developing children • P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA| o 703-237-2249 |f 703-237-8389 | www.chej.org

  4. Children’s Health Impacts to a Healthy Community Are Significant • Continued rises in rates of learning disabilities, lower IQ scores, hyperactive behaviors, and more could imperil our nation & future economic base • Current research shows a 10-point drop in blood lead level means an average 2.8 point IQ gain • P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA| o 703-237-2249 |f 703-237-8389 | www.chej.org

  5. Children’s Health Impacts to a Healthy Community Are Significant • Conservative calculations suggest each IQ point is worth about $8,300 in additional lifetime income • With 4 million babies born annually, the elimination of lead from gasoline and paint has had an economic value of over $100 billion per year for the lifetime of those children • A national financial burden of $16.1 billion dollars per year due to asthma-related direct costs • P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA| o 703-237-2249 |f 703-237-8389 | www.chej.org

  6. Children’s Health Impacts from Toxic Chemical Exposure Are Significant • Children absorb chemicals more quickly - about 50% of the lead to which they are exposed, while adults absorb only 10 - 15% • Children who attend school within 10 -20 miles of known superfund site are almost twice as likely to have autism • P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA| o 703-237-2249 |f 703-237-8389 | www.chej.org

  7. Children’s Health Impacts from Toxic Chemical Exposure Are Significant • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been estimated at an all time rate of 17% • The number of children in special education programs increased 191% from 1977 to 1994 • Asthma affects over 2 million people. Asthma can be triggered by poor indoor air quality. • P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA| o 703-237-2249 |f 703-237-8389 | www.chej.org

  8. A Safe School Siting Policy Must: • Include meaningful public participation • Include a plan to prevent exposure by potential sources of pollution by completing a comprehensive investigation of any candidate site • Guide our school district in choosing the healthiest land available • Prove our community as a national leader in protecting children’s health and learning • P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA| o 703-237-2249 |f 703-237-8389 | www.chej.org

  9. A Safe SitingPolicy Will: • Prevent toxic exposures to children and school staff through reducing their daily exposures to chemicals • Provide guidance for a healthier and safer community and school district • Create dedication to healthier schools among our students, parents, school faculty, and community leaders • Help to protect our children from escalating asthma, behavorial disorders, and attention deficient hyperactivity disorder • Allow our schools to concentrate on teaching instead of mitigating environmental hazards • P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA| o 703-237-2249 |f 703-237-8389 | www.chej.org

  10. Thank You • (contact information) • Example: Makia Burns Center for Health, Environment & Justice mburns@chej.org 703-237-2249 ext 21 • P.O. Box 6806 Falls Church, VA| o 703-237-2249 |f 703-237-8389 | www.chej.org

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