- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Editorial Advisory Committee
- Safe and Healthy School Environments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Crowding, Class Size, and School Size -
3 Lighting -
4 Noise -
5 Temperature and Humidity -
6 Ergonomics for Students and Staff -
7 Animal Safety -
8 Playgrounds -
9 Injury Prevention -
10 Indoor Air Quality -
11 Mold -
12 Outdoor Air Pollution -
13 Pest Control -
14 Cleaning Materials and Methods -
15 Chemical Exposures in and out of the Classroom -
16 Food Safety -
17 Nutrition at School -
18 Safe and Healthy Sports Environments -
19 Violence and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design -
20 Emergency Management -
21 Safe School Travel -
22 Healthy School Travel -
23 High-Performance School Buildings -
24 The Economics of Safe and Healthy Schools -
25 Evaluating the School Environment -
26 Children and Adults with Disabilities -
27 Health Services at School -
28 Care of Asthmatic and Allergic Students -
29 Infectious Disease in Schools -
30 Occupational Health and Safety for Faculty and Staff - Index
Outdoor Air Pollution
Outdoor Air Pollution
- Chapter:
- (p.141) 12 Outdoor Air Pollution
- Source:
- Safe and Healthy School Environments
- Author(s):
Andrea Hricko
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter discusses outdoor air pollution in school environments. Outdoor (ambient) air pollution presents a number of issues in the school environment, including exposure of children to diesel exhaust from older buses, potential risks for students who play or exercise outdoors on smoggy days, and exposure to emissions from nearby traffic and industrial facilities. There are steps that school administrators can take to protect children and address pollution. These include limiting outdoor activities on high ozone days, keeping students indoors for recess and practices, and contacting the air pollution control authority with any concerns about sources of pollution very close to the school, and discuss the record of the polluting facility.
Keywords: air quality, school environment, air pollutants, ambient air, polycyclic organic compounds, schoolchildren
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Editorial Advisory Committee
- Safe and Healthy School Environments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Crowding, Class Size, and School Size -
3 Lighting -
4 Noise -
5 Temperature and Humidity -
6 Ergonomics for Students and Staff -
7 Animal Safety -
8 Playgrounds -
9 Injury Prevention -
10 Indoor Air Quality -
11 Mold -
12 Outdoor Air Pollution -
13 Pest Control -
14 Cleaning Materials and Methods -
15 Chemical Exposures in and out of the Classroom -
16 Food Safety -
17 Nutrition at School -
18 Safe and Healthy Sports Environments -
19 Violence and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design -
20 Emergency Management -
21 Safe School Travel -
22 Healthy School Travel -
23 High-Performance School Buildings -
24 The Economics of Safe and Healthy Schools -
25 Evaluating the School Environment -
26 Children and Adults with Disabilities -
27 Health Services at School -
28 Care of Asthmatic and Allergic Students -
29 Infectious Disease in Schools -
30 Occupational Health and Safety for Faculty and Staff - Index
