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Let's make it easier on students and teachers by having mold-free schools.

A Finnish study compared a mold- and water-damaged school to a healthy one. The results? Students in the damaged school were:

63× more likely to have neurological symptoms

14× more likely to have gastrointestinal issues

58× more likely to suffer muscle and joint pain

22× more likely to experience respiratory problems

Association of toxic indoor air with multi-organ symptoms in pupils attending a moisture-damaged school in Finland Background: There is an on-going debate on how best to test toxic indoor air. Toxicological methods based on condensed water samples and cell culture technique are newly introduced research tools which were tested in this study. Methods: Pupils ...

The impacts of PFAS on childhood cancers. Please be savvy about your drinking water- this is a HUGE problem in NH and all over the country. Check out what is in your water here: www.ewg.org. Bottled water is not a better option. Oh yeah, definitely ditch the non-stick cookware- don't bake this crap into your food.

Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances... : Environmental Epidemiology dences at birth were linked to corresponding water district boundaries for 10,220 California-born children (aged 0–15 years) diagnosed with cancers (2000–2015) and 29,974 healthy controls. A pharmacokinetic model was used to predict average steady-state maternal serum concentrations of perfluoro...

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