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Hancock, Don – Workbook, 1992
Explores why the United States Nuclear Waste Program has been unable to find a volunteer state to host either a nuclear waste repository or monitored retrieval storage facility. Discusses the Department of Energy's plans for Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a repository and state and tribal responses to the plan. (21 references) (MCO)
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Federal Government, Hazardous Materials, Instructional Materials
Miller, Norma L. – Principal, 1993
Children are at high risk of exposure to dangerous chemicals because of their low weight, incompletely developed body defenses, rapidly growing body tissues, and small passages susceptible to inflammations and spasms. Five areas of concern involving school maintenance include art supplies, lead-based compounds, hazardous cleaning substances,…
Descriptors: Cleaning, Elementary Education, Hazardous Materials, Lead Poisoning

Dixon, Trevor R. – Environmental Education and Information, 1991
Discussed are the effectiveness of the current international regulatory framework to protect the marine environment, the need for more stringent maritime regulations fostered by an increased popular awareness that this current framework is outdated, and the strategies deemed appropriate to assimilate the "total environmental view" within…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Environmental Standards, Hazardous Materials, Marine Biology

Roy, Ken – Science Education International, 2000
Explains that mercury is a dangerous substance to use in school science laboratories and gives several examples of mercury poisoning. Lists some precautions that should be taken in case of mercury spillage in the lab. Advocates using non-mercury laboratory equipment and limiting student access to mercury to prevent dangerous situations. (YDS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Elementary Secondary Education, Hazardous Materials, Laboratory Safety
Southwick, Ron – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Explores the after-effects on college laboratories of the anthrax mail scare; scientists say the anthrax scare justifies tougher rules on biological agents, but some fear that Congress may go too far. (EV)
Descriptors: Colleges, Federal Regulation, Hazardous Materials, Higher Education

Shendell, Derek G.; Barnett, Claire; Boese, Stephen – Journal of School Health, 2004
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) documented generally poor conditions of school facilities in the early 1990s. Previous papers examined, for time intervals ending before 2002, relationships between education facility indoor air and environmental quality (IEQ), including adequate ventilation, and occupant health and productivity. Research on…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, School Construction, Pollution, Environmental Standards

Wang, Joanna Shaofen; Wai, Chien M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2004
Information on the worldwide occurrence of groundwater pollution by arsenic, the ensuing health hazards, and the debatable government regulations of arsenic in drinking water, is presented. Diagnostic identification of arsenic, and methods to eliminate it from water are also discussed.
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Water Pollution, Hazardous Materials
Brundage, Patricia; Palassis, John – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006
The guide presents information about ordering, using, storing, and maintaining chemicals in the high school laboratory. The guide also provides information about chemical waste, safety and emergency equipment, assessing chemical hazards, common safety symbols and signs, and fundamental resources relating to chemical safety, such as Material…
Descriptors: Laboratory Safety, Science Laboratories, Science Education, Chemistry
Lebeau, Kara; Gagnon, Michele – Exceptional Parent, 2006
Doctors, nurses and other health care providers are making observational associations that individuals with existing disabilities or those who may be medically fragile are susceptible to adverse effects from toxic exposures than the general population. Because of this, the American Association on Mental Retardation has launched an Environmental…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Hazardous Materials, Poisoning, Food
Carolan, Michael S. – Rural Sociology, 2006
This paper examines the epistemic barriers to sustainable agriculture, which are those aspects of food production that are not readily revealed by direct perception: such as decreases in rates of soil and nutrient loss, increases in levels of beneficial soil micro-organisms, and reductions in the amount of chemicals leaching into the water table.…
Descriptors: Food, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Costs
Forlin, Peter – 1995
Chemical reactivity is a major area of risk in high school laboratories. This paper reports on a study that has provided a research-based framework for risk management in Australian chemical education. The chemical practice model of risk management is considered with respect to kinetic factors; catalysts; concentrations and proportions;…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Hazardous Materials, High Schools
Leovic, Kelly W.; Craig, A. B. – 1994
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas in ambient air that is estimated to cause thousands of deaths from lung cancer each year. This report outlines ways in which to ameliorate the presence of radon in schools buildings. The first section is a general introduction for those who need background information on the indoor radon problem and…
Descriptors: Buildings, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Kominsky, John R.; Freyberg, Ronald W.; Gerber, Donald R.; Centifonti, Gary J. – 1997
All schools are required to develop and implement an asbestos management plan (AMP). The key component of this plan is each school's operations and maintenance (O&M) program. This report outlines the importance of such programs. It describes an O&M program as an administrative framework that prescribes specific activities and work…
Descriptors: Asbestos, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Guidelines
Knaus, Andy; And Others – 1989
The purpose of this booklet is to provide citizens with information about household waste and to indicate how they can contribute to its reduction. Information indicates how each individual can reduce waste by adopting new habits, making informed choices, and becoming involved in community action. Discussed are: (1) specific issues of general and…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Hazardous Materials, Legislation
Knaus, Andy; And Others – 1988
The purpose of this booklet is to provide an introduction to the many complex issues of waste management in the United States. It is designed to raise public awareness of the serious impact of current waste generation and disposal practices and to promote alternatives. It encourages citizens to involve themselves in decisions about the way waste…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Hazardous Materials, Legislation