Thanks to all who attended our April 21 panel presentation, “Creating Healthier Indoor Environments for Children to Thrive”! A huge thanks to our panelists for sharing such relevant and timely information about why we should work on improving our indoor air and how to do that at school and at home.
Here are links to panelist presentations and resources shared at the event.
Nancy Bernard, WA State Dept of Health
- Presentation: Chemicals in the Air and Your Health (pdf, 4MB)
Kathleen Compton, EPA Safer Choice Program
- Presentation: Introduction to EPA’s Safer Choice Program (pdf, 1MB)
- Resources from the chat:
- Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award webinar next week
- Safer Choice Program: Safer Choice Standard
- EPA EPP program recommendations for standards and ecolabels
Robert Foster, Lake Washington School District
- Resource: COVID19 Safety Plan (lwsd.org)
Pauline Osborne, Moving to Health
- Presentation: A Case Study on the Impacts of Indoor Air Pollution (pdf, 4MB)
- Resources from the chat:
- TILT screening tool: https://tiltresearch.org/provider-resources/
- TILT E-book: https://issuu.com/elisco/docs/tilt_ebook
- www.movingtoheal.net/resources
- www.movingtoheal.net/products
Other resources mentioned in the chat:
- A sample email you can adapt to advocate for schools to NOT use disinfectant wipes in classrooms: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Ao-GCGY-rP9SgsE5v4FQGJL2qpi7SQ?e=shAbH9
- Information on gas cooktops (from Devon):
- “Gas burners were estimated to add 25–33% to the week-averaged indoor NO2 concentrations during summer and 35–39% in winter.” Cooking Up Indoor Air Pollution: Emissions from Natural Gas Stoves | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 122, No. 1 (nih.gov)
- “Combustion indoors produces both gases (eg, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide) and particulate matter that may affect the development or exacerbation of asthma.” Indoor Combustion and Asthma (nih.gov)
- International Living Future Institute: Living-Future.org (from Linda)
We hope you enjoyed the presentation and feel empowered to make any changes you think could benefit your family and our environment. If you have questions, feel free to email Stephanie Lecovin at sustainability@lwptsa.net.