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 Fact Sheets:

            BE SAFE Healthy Schools Brochure pdf version or html version

  Back to School Environmental Checklist pdf version

           The Checklist questions direct users to take a close look at school environmental issues that may pose a threat to children’s health, such as pesticide use, food safety and toxic cleaning products.  It also includes valuable technical and solution-based resources.  pdf version

Websites and Resources

  Check out the Green Flag School Program, a comprehensive educational kit that provides students with opportunities to conduct investigation through hands-on exploration of issues affecting their school.  Students employ methodical research skills to develop and make oral and written presentations, and achieve tangible goals with educational and environmental benefits.  The program teaches cooperative learning by encouraging a team approach to problem solving. You can learn more at www.greenflagschools.org/

Contact Stacey Vaeth Gonzalez, Childproofing our Communities Coordinator of Center for Health, Environment & Justice at 703- 237–2249 ext. 21, or sgonzalez@chej.org for more information.