The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality
(FREE - call 1-800-438-4318 to order EPA Document # 402-K-93-007, or visit http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/insidest.html)
General information on indoor air quality
Kentucky Division for Air Quality
(502) 573-3382, or (800) 928-0047
General information on indoor air quality
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, Division of Public Health Protection and Safety (502) 564-6533
National Institute of Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH) –
Building Air Quality Action Plan
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/98-123a.html
To be used with NIOSH –
Building Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Mangers
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/baqtoc.html
Specific Indoor air quality info for schools from the North Carolina agency for public health
http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/air/schools.html
Information for kids about air quality from the EPA
http://www.epa.gov/kids/air.htm
See the cleaning section of the Pennsylvania Green Buildings Guide
http://www.dgs.state.pa.us/dgs/lib/dgs/green_bldg/greenbuildingbook.pdf
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences website
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/baylor/homeair.htm
Read how unsanitary conditions in third world countries affect school attendance
http://www.schoolsanitation.org/
Fact sheets and lesson plans on health and hygiene from AAAS
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=8&DocID=47
Read about the medical detective work that stopped a cholera epidemic
http://www.winwaed.com/sci/cholera/john_snow.shtml
A website from the Canadian agency for natural resources on why and how school can have idle free zones
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/communities-government/transportation/municipal-communities/schools.cfm?attr=0
Find local pollen and mold counts for your area
http://www.aaaai.org/nab/index.cfm?p=pollen
Information on your air quality index from the U.S EPA
http://airnow.gov/