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Article: Why schools should breathe easier: schools face a much wider variety of possible indoor air quality problems than typical adult workplaces.(GOING GREEN)
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- New Hampshire Business Review
- Article date:
- July 4, 2008
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There are over 95,000 public schools in the United States. They vary widely in number, average age and student population, but one thing is certain--the quality of the air the students breathe day-in and day-out affects their performance, their health and their development.
According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, 14 million students--over a quarter of all students--attend schools considered below standard or dangerous, and the air in nearly 15,000 U.S. schools is unfit to breathe.
With facilities including gyms, locker rooms, chemistry labs, swimming pools, woods and metals shops and cafeterias, schools face a much wider variety of ...