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EPA Resources for Schools
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EPA offers a wide variety of schools-related and indoor air quality (IAQ) resources at no cost. EPA has developed these resources to share information about several IAQ issues, including mold, asthma, radon, and environmental tobacco smoke.
Many of these resources are available online and help users to:
Participate in the IAQ Tools for Schools (IAQ TfS) Program
View a list of IAQ TfS Publications and learn how to order materials from EPA at no cost
Find EPA’s Partners and their contact information
Learn how to develop an IAQ Curriculum for your school
Identify creative Funding Options for your school’s IAQ projects
Learn about other EPA Schools Programs
Get answers to Frequently Asked Questions about IAQ in schools
Learn about upcoming events
Read past IAQ TfS Bulletins
Download presentations from past IAQ TfS Web Conferences
EPA Announces a new tool for schools - Envisioning Excellence: Lessons from Effective School Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Programs
Envisioning Excellence helps schools take effective action to advance health, safety, and wellness initiatives. Envisioning Excellence presents the Framework for Effective School IAQ Programs: Six Key Drivers -- guidelines that detail the organizational approaches and practices that are fundamental to school IAQ program success -- and presents five profiles in excellence to demonstrate how different school districts applied the Framework to create effective and enduring IAQ programs. Read about this exciting new tool at www.iaqsymposium.com/
Additionally, the list below is partial - you can go to the EPA website (epa.gov) and do a search on "mold and schools" or "mold and moisture", "mold and indoor air quality", etc. - the selections below are some of the results of what you will find that directly pertains to schools, indoor air, healthy environments, and mold (prevention and remediation).
1 Healthy School Environments The Healthy School Environments Web pages are intended to serve as a gateway to on-line resources to help address environmental health issues in schools.
URL: http://cfpub.epa.gov/schools/index.cfm
2 Indoor Air - Mold This page provides information about mold resources.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/molds/index.html
3 Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings This document provides information about mold remediation in commercial buildings and schools.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/molds/index.html
4 Sources of Indoor Air Pollution - Biological Pollutants Biological contaminants include bacteria, molds, mildew, viruses, animal dander and cat saliva, house dust, mites, cockroaches, and pollen.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/biologic.html
5 Indoor Environment Management Branch: Children's Health Initiative: Toxic Mold Outbreaks of the fungi Stachybotrys atra (S. atra) have been identified as being associated with the deaths of infants in Cleveland, Ohio.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/appcdwww/iemb/child.htm
6 Building Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers: Appendix C: Moisture, Mold and Mildew Molds and mildew are fungi that grow on the surface of objects, within pores, and deteriorated materials.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/largebldgs/graphics/appenc.pdf
7 IAQ Tools for Schools Kit - IAQ Coordinator's Guide: Appendix H: Mold and Moisture Molds can be found almost anywhere; they can grow on virtually any substance, providing moisture is present.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/tfs/guideh.html
8 Healthy School Environments: Mold and Moisture When mold growth occurs in buildings, it may be followed by reports of health symptoms from some building occupants.
URL: http://cfpub.epa.gov/schools/top_sub.cfm?t_id=41&s_id=31
9 Mold Resources Molds produce tiny spores to reproduce. Mold spores waft through the indoor and outdoor air continually. URL: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/molds/moldresources.html
10 The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality This document provides information on indoor air quality issues.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/insidest.html
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