This publication by EPA entails recommended interventions to address air pollution at school’s near roadway. Exposure to air pollution has been linked to a variety of short and long term health effects such as asthma, reduced lung function, impaired lung development and cardiovascular effects. Children spend the majority of their time at school and ensuring a safe school environment is crucial to reducing children’s exposure to environmental hazards. This publication helps school communities to identify strategies that can be implemented to reduce traffic-related pollution exposure from heavily traveled roadway. Strategies such as proper ventilation and filtration systems, transportation policies, and roadside barriers.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "Best Practices for Reducing Near-Road Pollution Exposure at School", contributed by Kim Fortun and Karishma Kumari Khanal, Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 16 March 2022, accessed 29 November 2024. http://465538.bc062.asia/content/best-practices-reducing-near-road-pollution-exposure-school
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This publication by EPA entails recommended interventions to address air pollution at school’s near roadway. Exposure to air pollution has been linked to a variety of short and long term health effects such as asthma, reduced lung function, impaired lung development and cardiovascular effects. Children spend the majority of their time at school and ensuring a safe school environment is crucial to reducing children’s exposure to environmental hazards. This publication helps school communities to identify strategies that can be implemented to reduce traffic-related pollution exposure from heavily traveled roadway. Strategies such as proper ventilation and filtration systems, transportation policies, and roadside barriers.