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Schools – The Impact on Children’s Performance and Health
Source: EPA
There are many reasons why addressing the environmental health of schools is essential for protecting children’s health and improving their performance:
- A child’s developing organ systems are highly sensitive to environmental risk, and children are frequently more heavily exposed to toxic substances in the environment than are adults.
- Children spend 90% of their time indoors and much of that time is spent in school.
- Unhealthy school environments can affect children’s health, attendance, concentration and performance, as well as lead to expensive, time-consuming cleanup and remediation activities.
- Schools in better physical condition report improved academic performance while schools with fewer janitorial personnel and higher maintenance backlogs report poorer academic performance.
- A study of the costs and benefits of green schools for Washington State estimated a 15% reduction in absenteeism and a 5% increase in test scores.
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