Forty years ago, when the typical public
school was built, school boards did not understand the seriousness of the
threat that chemical exposures posed to human health. Nor was there any
understanding of the special vulnerabilities that children have to chemical
exposures. But after the Love Canal dumpsite crisis and the childhood leukemia
clusters from across the nation, we know better. Unfortunately, many school
boards continue to ignore the scientific evidence and propose building
public schools on or near contaminated land. Source: Child
Proofing Our Communities
This website offers the tools necessary
to introduce legislation to prevent schools in your state from being built
on or near contaminated land, including a sample bill, talking points,
a press release, a fact pack, research, and other background information.
Special thanks to the
Child Proofing our Communities
Campaign for providing the information for this issue, including
sample legislation and most of the support documents.
