CASLE NEWS

Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health & Environment checklist featured on Today's Parent

SuperUser Account — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:51:44 GMT

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 event photos and media coverage

SuperUser Account — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:54:10 GMT

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 PVC-free schools toolkit

SuperUser Account — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:57:37 GMT

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

www.chej.org/pvcfreeuniversity

Toxic Trespass

SuperUser Account — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:16:31 GMT

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

This School Year, Parents Encouraged to Fight Germs Without Hazardous Antibacterial Chemicals

SuperUser Account — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:47:24 GMT

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.

Researcher: New toxicant safety standards are needed to protect the young

SuperUser Account — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:14:45 GMT

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