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07/22/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Study: Children are being taught in classrooms where the air is so polluted, it breaches WHO guidelines

Indoor air pollution continues to be a threat to the health of children around the world. A new study warned that the air in some U.K. schools is more toxic than outdoor air, an article in British Telecommunications stated. Researchers from the University of Cambridge (Cambridge) and the University College London (UCL) conducted the study […]

07/04/2017 / By Russel Davis

Public schools found to be “toxic tombs” of PCBs being inhaled by students

A recent study published in Environmental Science & Technology revealed that concentrations of airborne polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may persist in schools and may cause some students to breathe in the chemicals, which in turn may expose them to higher levels than when they inadvertently consume the chemicals through food. PCBs are toxic synthetic compounds that were banned in the […]

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