EPA AWARD for HEALTHY SCHOOLS NETWORK

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PRESS- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28th

For more information: L. Barnett, 212-482-0204

NATIONAL US EPA AWARD for HEALTHY SCHOOLS NETWORK

(Albany, New York, Washington, DC) Healthy

Schools Network, Inc., a national environmental health research,

education, and advocacy organization founded in upstate New York in

1995 has received a national Recognition Award for Children's Health

Protection from the US EPA. This is the first year that EPA has

given out the competitive national Award. " It is an honor to receive

this Award and to have our issues recognized. We do this work for

children, " said founder and Executive Director Barnett.

Healthy Schools Network established a national Healthy

Schools/Healthy Kids Clearinghouse in 1996 that has now assisted

parents, personnel, and schools in every state with fact sheets,

guides, and reports featuring practical, problem-solving advice on

reducing risks to children's environmental health at school from

hazards such as polluted air, renovation dust and fumes, toxic

cleaning products, lead and pesticides, and molds. Noted EPA, " the

success in raising awareness about children's environmental health is

dependent upon the ongoing support of programs like the

Clearinghouse. " EPA and other agencies have estimated that half of

the nation's schools have poor environments that undermine the health

and test scores. The organization has also researched and published

peer-reviewed surveys and reports on school environments, such as

Neglected Buildings, Damaged Health; Schools of Ground Zero; What

Nurses Know: and, The Healthy and High Performance School. These have

helped secure state and federal policy reforms and funds to address

school environmental problems. Barnett has also chaired two US EPA

work groups that studied school environments and how EPA could better

address problems.

Board Members and Adviser Also Honored

In addition, Healthy Schools Network Board Members and Advisers also

won EPA Awards this year. Awards went to Board Members Ramona

Trovato, the founding and now former Director, US EPA Office of

Children's Health Protection, Peggy Shepard, Executive Director, West

Harlem Environmental Action, and Adviser Elise , Institute for

Children's Environmental Health, Freeland, WA for her work on

pollutants and learning disabilities.

For more information, visit www.healthyschools.org or

www.epa.gov/children.

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L. Barnett, MBA, Executive Director

Healthy Schools Network, Inc.

and Coordinator, Coalition for Healthier Schools

www.healthyschools.org

212-482-0204, 518-462-0632

Mail:

773 Madison Avenue

Albany, NY 12208

or

29 Broadway, Ste. 1100

NY, NY 10006

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