The Philadelphia Healthy Schools Initiative (PHSI) has been raising a number of issues around the environmental hazards and issues of exposure in schools. Building on our recent progress with lead legislation, we will now turn our attention to asbestos. The Inquirer continues its important coverage, in its Toxic City, Sick Schools report. Read more here:[…]
December 2018
Despite recent cleanups, Philadelphia schools still expose kids and teachers to asbestos
Uncategorized Dec 17, 2018
Groundbreaking legislation addressing lead paint in schools passes through Philadelphia City Council The bill, backed by Councilman Mark Squilla, Philadelphia Healthy Schools Initiative and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, sets the nation’s most far-reaching standards for lead paint remediation in schools. [Philadelphia, Pa.] – Amidst growing public outcry over the environmental-health threats faced by[…]