Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment's (CPCHE) new environmental health Checklist for child care settings was recently featured on the Today's Parent editor's blog:

http://blogs.todaysparent.com/inthenews/great-earth-day-resrouce/

University of Calgary's Healthy Schools Day in Canada 2010 event photos and media coverage:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/utoday/april27-2010/solarenergy

Center for Health Environment & Justice's (CHEJ) PVC-free schools toolkit:

www.chej.org/pvcfreeuniversity

Toxic Trespass: a celebrated NFB film on taking action to protect children's health.  http://www.toxictrespass.com

Groups compile data showing products containing the antibacterial chemical triclosan do not work any better than plain soap and water, are linked to adverse impacts on health and the environment, and may actually be doing more harm than good.

Washington, DC, August 19, 2009 – As children return to school, health and environmental groups are encouraging parents to protect their children from harmful germs without using hazardous chemicals in lunch bags, school supplies, soaps and sanitizers. The dangers of and alternatives to using triclosan (often marketed as Microban) and the related compound triclocarban, are documented in new educational materials for parents.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 22, 2009
National News

On Tuesday April 21, 2009, Nova Scotia MP Mr. Geoff Regan announced to Parliament that over thirty Canadian organizations have created a Healthy Schools Day in Canada.

In an invited, peer-reviewed journal article on how prenatal exposure to toxic substances are linked to a host of diseases in later life -- from atherosclerosis to cancer -- a Cornell toxicologist calls for changing how safety testing is done to better protect infants and children.

January 20th, 2009 By Susan Lang

Johns Hopkins scientists report that high levels of a noxious gas from stoves can be added to the list of indoor pollutants that aggravate asthma symptoms of inner city children, especially preschoolers.

Sick school syndrome

Teachers are complaining, children are suffering, even Health Canada admits that mould is 'toxic' – but the schools of Lambton Kent District still haven't been able to get anyone to clean up their classrooms
JESSICA LEEDER

From the Globe and Mail, June 7, 2008

Teachers are complaining, children are suffering, even Health Canada admits that mould is 'toxic'

A bill to create more High Performance Schools in the USA passed the US House of Representatives June 4, 2008, and is a big step in the right direction for student and staff health. Visit CHPS at http://www.chps.net.

Nova Scotian Organization is awarded a national award for children's health and safety in schools.

Nova Scotia's Citizens for A Safe Learning Environment (CASLE) has been awarded the HEALTH PROMOTION AND INNOVATION AWARD OF EXCELLENCE from the Canadian Institute of Child Health (CICH).   CASLE received the award at the CICH 8th annual gala dinner held in the Ottawa Congress Centre on National Child Day, 2005.