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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982
Asbestos, a mineral known to cause cancer in humans, is present in an unknown number of schools where it may be hazardous to the health of students and employees. Although the Federal Government has programs designed to address the asbestos situation, it has not determined in what specific circumstances asbestos is a hazard. Therefore, State and…
Descriptors: Asbestos, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div. – 1992
Information on the costs of and financial aid available to schools for asbestos abatement is provided in this report. Data are based on interviews with officials from 15 school districts in 5 states--Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Section 1 provides background on the use of asbestos in buildings, health problems, federal…
Descriptors: Asbestos, Compliance (Legal), Construction Materials, Educational Facilities Improvement
Evangelauf, Jean – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Campus construction is projected to boom as colleges and universities catch up on deferred maintenance and replace outdated classrooms and laboratories. Severe problems identified include roofs, heating systems, asbestos removal, and electical systems. (LB)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Obsolescence, Campus Planning, College Buildings
Wright, Dorothy – American School and University, 1984
A Connecticut district's stringent asbestos removal and testing program is described, which applies a modified National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health-Occupational Safety and Health Administration (NIOSH-OSHA) test as a standard of acceptable removal. (MJL)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Asbestos, Educational Administration, Educational Facilities Improvement
Peer reviewedGrubb, Deborah; Diamantes, Thomas – Clearing House, 1998
Examines the five major threats to healthy school buildings: sick building syndrome; health-threatening building materials; environmental hazards such as radon gas and asbestos; lead poisoning; and general indoor air quality. Discusses ways to assess and address them. (SR)
Descriptors: Asbestos, Construction Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Conditions
Peer reviewedOrnstein, Allan C. – Theory into Practice, 1994
Problems relating to school environment and building concerns eat up school budgets and negatively influence the overall fiscal condition of school districts. The article examines three issues impacting on school finance for the 1990s: environmental hazards (asbestos, radon, lead, electromagnetic fields, and air quality), school infrastructure…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Asbestos, Educational Environment, Educational Finance
Comnes, Leslie – Clearing, 2002
Reviews environmental hazards within schools. Identifies indoor air pollution, asbestos, lead poisoning, and pesticides as the leading hazards. Forms of indoor air pollution include radon carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and various allergens such as mold and animal dander. Presents some guiding principles for the…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Conditions
Grubb, Deborah – 1996
Health problems related to school buildings can be categorized in five major areas: sick-building syndrome; health-threatening building materials; environmental hazards such as radon gas and asbestos; lead poisoning; and poor indoor air quality due to smoke, chemicals, and other pollutants. This paper provides an overview of these areas,…
Descriptors: Asbestos, Child Health, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Standards
Brady, Lawrence L. – Geotimes, 1983
Discusses trends in and factors related to the production of industrial minerals during 1982, indicating that, as 1981 marked a downturn in production of industrial minerals, 1982 continued the trend with temporary and permanent cutbacks in mine and plant production. Includes highlights of several conferences/conference papers in this field.…
Descriptors: Asbestos, Conferences, Foreign Countries, Geology
