Media Release Media Release from the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment and the Canadian Child Care Federation Download/Access PDF: https://healthyschoolsday.ca/news/media-release/
Healthy Schools Day is April 3, 2018 Mar 05 2018 Radon is a known cancer risk. It is a radioactive soil gas that can build up to harmful levels in indoor air. Long-term exposure to high levels of radon causes…
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Title: Circular economy framework promotes recycling but fails to prevent contaminants in new products: banned toxic chemicals detected in children’s toys Resource Type: Report Content: 1177-BannedToxicChemicalsDetected_1 # of Pages: 6 Date authored: February 8, 2018 Publication number: 1177 Author/s: Olga…
Media Release Comprehensive approach to radon safety in child care settings needed to protect both children and staff Nov 21 2017 Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (CPCHE) executive director, Erica Phipps, along with CPCHE colleagues from the Canadian Child Care…
Blog post by Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher on July 21, 2017 One of my heroes died last week. Dr. Herbert Needleman has inspired me since the early 1980s when as an undergraduate I first learned of his work on the effects of…
Blog post by Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher on April 20, 2017 As you might expect, child care professionals have busy schedules and a lot of important safety rules to follow. Not included in this work is radon safety but it can and should…
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