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Media Release: Healthy Schools Day proposes ‘do-able’ actions to reduce children’s exposure to diesel emissions from school buses
Media Release FRANCAIS Lung cancer, aggravated asthma, heart and respiratory problems among health effects of exposure; children can be more vulnerable to harm April 2, 2019, Ottawa – Thousands of Canadian school children are exposed to cancer-causing emissions from diesel school…
Media Release: Call for mandatory radon testing focus of national Healthy Schools Day petition
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/
Rule out radon – Sign the Healthy Schools Day petition
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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Blog: Responding to high radon levels in schools – the need for good communication
Blog post by Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher on May 26, 2017 This week a school in Kanata, Ontario, near Ottawa, was the site of an unfortunate demonstration in how not to respond to a high radon level. Radon is known to be the leading…
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Media Release: Fix Provincial/Territorial Laws to Prevent Radon-Induced Lung Cancer
Media Release Health and Environmental Groups Send Health-Focused Policy Challenge to Provincial and Territorial Premiers and Health Ministers Toronto – In time for Radon Action Month in November, a health-focused policy challenge was sent today to all of Canada’s Provincial and…
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