November 15, 2011
November 03, 2011
Upcoming Webinar!
The Virtual School Walkthrough: Identifying and Solving Common IAQ Problems
The Virtual School Walkthrough: Identifying and Solving Common IAQ Problems
Friday, December 9, 2011, 1–2:30 p.m. EST.
Do you know what to look for when observing the condition of your school buildings?
Join IAQ experts Richard Prill from Washington State University and David Blake from the Northwest Clean Air Agency on a virtual school walkthrough, providing you with a comprehensive and effective process for identifying, diagnosing and solving common IAQ issues.
Attend this webinar to:
- Gain insight on how to identify potential IAQ issues before they become major problems for your school community.
- Learn when and how to take, interpret and use IAQ-related measurements to determine the condition of your school buildings.
- Discover tools and resources your school can use, including checklists within the IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit, to conduct a thorough and effective walkthrough investigation.
- Learn the importance of prioritizing IAQ issues and the power of effective communication when responding to reports and concerns.
- Hear about Dave and Rich’s follow up webinar on IAQ measurements and testing, which will be held in January 2012.
Listen to a clip of Dave and Rich’s webinar presentation to hear how conducting a walkthrough in a school should be as routine as getting a physical at a doctor’s office. Access the clip here: http://cadmusweb.com/Outreach/
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October 28, 2011
CSB Again Calls for Increased Safeguards at Oil and Gas Sites. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) recently distributed educational materials concerning oil site hazards that threaten the lives of teenagers to more than 150 ississippi school superintendents. CSB is calling on schools across the state to incorporate the video and lessons into school curricula.
The project’s aim is to save the lives of teenagers in rural areas who often socialize at oil and gas production and storage sites and who are seemingly unaware of the explosion hazards. The products include the CSB’s safety video, "No Place to Hang Out: The Danger of Oil Sites," and a lesson plan to be incorporated into school curricula across the state.
The “No Place to Hang Out” video was released in April and tells the story of the tragic deaths of 18-year-old Wade White and 16-year-old Devon Byrd. The two boys were killed Oct. 31, 2009, when an oil tank located in a clearing in the woods near one of the boys’ homes in Carnes, Miss., exploded.
The project’s aim is to save the lives of teenagers in rural areas who often socialize at oil and gas production and storage sites and who are seemingly unaware of the explosion hazards. The products include the CSB’s safety video, "No Place to Hang Out: The Danger of Oil Sites," and a lesson plan to be incorporated into school curricula across the state.
The “No Place to Hang Out” video was released in April and tells the story of the tragic deaths of 18-year-old Wade White and 16-year-old Devon Byrd. The two boys were killed Oct. 31, 2009, when an oil tank located in a clearing in the woods near one of the boys’ homes in Carnes, Miss., exploded.
Chemical board calls for safer oil, natural gas storage tanks after explosions ...Washington Post Explosions from oil and natural gas tanks tucked away in isolated areas killed 44 people in the last three decades, federal regulators said Thursday as they called on companies and officials to make the storage sites safer. Thousands of tanks are in ...
Chemical Safety Board: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Sites Are ...EHS Today On Oct. 31, 2009, two teenagers, aged 16 and 18, were killed when a storage tank containing natural gas condensate exploded at a rural gas production site in Carnes, Miss. Six months later a group of youths were exploring a similar tank site in ...
October 25, 2011
Nominate a Healthy Schools Hero 2012
The Cenotaph
For Immediate Release
Attn: Science educators, STEM advocates, professionals in health and safety, lab safety, community security, IAQ, IPM, emergency and risk management, asthma educators, first responders, school administrators, advocates, parents…Do you know someone whose sense of responsibility, inspirational leadership, and exemplary persistence and courage protects children from hazards and unhealthy school or community conditions?
March 18, 2012 will be the 75th anniversary of the 1937 Texas School Explosion, the worst school disaster in U.S. history -- a gas explosion in the small East Texas town of New London that killed 319 people, mostly students, just minutes before the end of the school day. (What was the 1937 Texas School Explosion?)
By nominating a Hero you can help make March 18 an annual day that brings the Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion to our nation's schools and celebrates the leadership that can save lives. See: "Set aside a special day each year as a memorial..."
Send your hero's name, contact information, and your hero's story by February 15, 2012 to healthykids@rcn.com
Break the Silence.
The Heroes Award is part of an ongoing campaign to bring "safety" from the margins to the core of school curriculum and community culture.
The goal is to strengthen parent involvement and community partnerships to establish the 21st century standards and safeguards that can protect children from deadly explosions, fires, chemical spills and toxic exposures.
The Heroes Award is part of an ongoing campaign to bring "safety" from the margins to the core of school curriculum and community culture.
The goal is to strengthen parent involvement and community partnerships to establish the 21st century standards and safeguards that can protect children from deadly explosions, fires, chemical spills and toxic exposures.
This cenotaph, erected in 1939 is the memorial to victims of the explosion. The sculptural block of Texas granite depicts twelve life-size figures, representing children coming to school, bringing gifts and handing in homework to two teachers. Around the inside of the base are the individual names of those who died. The Egyptians defined a cenotaph as a symbolic tomb, honoring the dead but not containing the body. It is a sepulchral monument erected to commemorate a person or persons buried elsewhere.
October 20, 2011
Clarkston remembers 22 dead from 1961 gas explosion
BBC News
The explosion caused devastation and left 22 people dead and dozens injured.
Events are being held this weekend to mark the 40th anniversary of the Clarkston gas explosion which killed 22 people and left more than 100 injured.
The blast flattened a row of shops in the town and impacted on a passing bus just before 15:00 on 21 October 1971.
It was described as the worst peace-time explosion in Scotland. An inquiry later found no-one was to blame.
A flower laying ceremony will take place next to Clarkston Hall at 15:00 on Friday.
Family grief
This will be followed by a special service at Greenbank Church at 14:00 on Sunday.
East Renfrewshire Provost Alex Mackie said: "The Clarkston explosion took many lives from our community but it touched many more.
"The families and children who were left behind in their grief, the many people injured and the many more people who knew someone affected by it.
"We are joining with the local churches and community to remember the events of 40 years ago.
"It is a chance for all of us to pay our respects to those who lost their lives and those who lost loved ones."
BBC News
The explosion caused devastation and left 22 people dead and dozens injured.
Events are being held this weekend to mark the 40th anniversary of the Clarkston gas explosion which killed 22 people and left more than 100 injured.
The blast flattened a row of shops in the town and impacted on a passing bus just before 15:00 on 21 October 1971.
It was described as the worst peace-time explosion in Scotland. An inquiry later found no-one was to blame.
A flower laying ceremony will take place next to Clarkston Hall at 15:00 on Friday.
Family grief
This will be followed by a special service at Greenbank Church at 14:00 on Sunday.
East Renfrewshire Provost Alex Mackie said: "The Clarkston explosion took many lives from our community but it touched many more.
"The families and children who were left behind in their grief, the many people injured and the many more people who knew someone affected by it.
"We are joining with the local churches and community to remember the events of 40 years ago.
"It is a chance for all of us to pay our respects to those who lost their lives and those who lost loved ones."
CSB Releases New Video on Laboratory Safety at Academic Institutions October 20, 2011 "Experimenting with Danger"
Focuses on CSB Case Study on Texas Tech University Accident; Laboratory Deaths at UCLA and Dartmouth
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