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Reading, Writing and Risk: 2 Million CA Kids Attend School in Portable Classrooms Where Air Quality May Be Harmful to Health SAN FRANCISCO -- More than 2 million California children attend school in portable classrooms that may be a significant source of exposure to airborne toxins, including formaldehyde and other cancer-causing chemicals, according to a new report by Environmental Working Group. The report - Reading, Writing and Risk: Air Pollution Inside California's Portable Classrooms , available online at www.ewg.org -- http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/reports/readingwritingrisk/pressrelease.html says an estimated 86,500 portable classrooms are in use across the state as a result of class-size reduction mandates. EWG's exhaustive review of scientific literature shows that long-term exposure to airborne chemicals in concentrations that have been measured in California portable classrooms may increase a child's lifetime risk of cancer by two to three times the level deemed acceptable under federal law. Short-term exposure to chemicals or toxic molds commonly found in portables can cause nausea, headaches, diarrhea and other health effects. ..... http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/reports/readingwritingrisk/portables.pdf Advisory on Relocatable (portable) and Renovated Classrooms from the Department of Health Services, Indoor Air Quality Section. http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/reports/readingwritingrisk/advisory.pdf Report from the California Interagency Working Group on Indoor Air Quality http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/reports/readingwritingrisk/classroomair.html |
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