ERIC Number: ED462825
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 51
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Healthy Schools Campaign Pesticide Action Kit = Campana de Escuelas Saludables Paquete de Accion Pesticida.
Arguello, Martha; Campbell, Kelly; Kegley, Susan; Olle, Teri; Porter, Catherine; Undem, Melanie
This English/Spanish informational kit contains resource materials that school administrators and parents can use to take full advantage of the Healthy Schools Act of 2000 and help them eliminate hazardous pesticide use around their schools. The kit looks at how to organize community interest in least-toxic Integrated Pest Management policy, and it presents resources on the toxicity and health impacts of pesticides applied in schools. The kit's informational sheets are as follows: "What is the Healthy Schools Act?"; "Ten Steps to a Healthy School;""Notification: Your Right to Know"; "Sample School Policy"; "Kids at Risk: Pesticides & Children's Health"; "What Are the Alternatives"; "Hazards of Common Pesticides"; and "Pesticide Information Online"; and "Additional Resources." (GR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Hazardous Materials, Pesticides, Public Schools, School Safety
Californians for Pesticide Reform, 49 Powell St., Suite 530, San Francisco, CA 94102. Tel: 888-277-4880 (Toll Free); Tel: 415-981-3939; Fax: 415-981-2727; Web site: http://www.igc.org/cpr.
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive; Multilingual/Bilingual Materials
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Language: EnglishSpanish
Sponsor: California Endowment, Woodland Hills.; California Wellness Foundation.; Clarence T. Heller Charitable Foundation, San Francisco, CA.; Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, San Francisco, CA.
Authoring Institution: Californians for Pesticide Reform, San Francisco.
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