BY GINA CARROLL ON DECEMBER 18, 2012
Green schools are healthy schools
More than ever, we are a country concerned about the safety of our schools. Moms Clean Air Force has been focused on the environmental threats to our children from air pollution. As MCAF blogger, Molly Rauch points out, the air quality in schools is largely unregulated and can pose significant challenges to health and learning. Molly says schools’ indoor air quality, “has been linked to asthma and respiratory ailments, and has measurable impacts on the health and productivity of students and teachers.” She adds that according to the Healthy Schools Network: