Environmental Health

Environmental
Health

NEA
HIN is now accepting applications for the
6th Annual Indoor Air Quality TfS National
Symposium.

Click here to learn more and find
out how you can apply!

NEA
HIN recognizes the connection between health and
learning. A safe and healthy school environment
provides a better learning environment. There
are many facets of environmental health, and currently,
NEA HIN covers just a portion of them.

NEA
HIN has a program on Indoor Air Quality in Schools,
and an asthma and schools website.

• Indoor
  Air Quality
  • View
    or download NEA HIN’s new
    custodian guide on IAQ:
    “Take a Deep Breath and Thank Your Custodian:
    Developing a Local Association Action Plan & Tips
    and Tools for Improving IAQ in Schools.”
• Asthma
  • Visit
    NEA HIN’s Asthma
    and Schools Resource Website!
• Anthrax
• Statistics
• Helpful
  Links

New
parent booklet available on the link between
mercury exposure and learning disabilities.
The Learning Disabilities
Association of America (LDA), the National Education
Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN),
and The Arc of the United States have released
a
new
brochure
that
identifies
mercury pollution as one of the greatest threats
facing developing fetuses, infants and young
children. This publication also shows parents
how exposure to this potent neurotoxicant can
adversely affect their child’s learning potential.
March 14, 2005. Click
here to download.

• 
  August 22, 2005