Barb Wilkie's EHN Website
Last updated 2008

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• Fragrance-free Schools
  They do exist . . . and for excellent reasons. Fragrance-free is the way to be! Why would you
  want your children's health impaired due to the petrochemical products known as fragrances? -- brb
  Fragrance-sensitized Teachers and Students need Fragrance-FREE schools.
  Those not yet recognizing symptoms of fragrance sensitization need them too.-- barb
  
  Also see EHN's Take Heart!
  
  • Canadian Schools
    
    • Citizens for A Safe Learning Environment
      Halifax, Nova Scotia
      http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Education/CASLE/examples.html

       

    • Dalhousie University: Environmental Health & Safety Home Page
      http://is.dal.ca/~ehs/index.htm
      
      
      • Statement on the Use of Scented Products A MUST READ!
        http://is.dal.ca/~ehs/scent.htm
        
        
    • Examples of Accommodation: When Fragrances Are Toxic
      CCH Canadian
      http://www.ca.cch.com/emonthly/sept/hr/index1.asp#self

       

    • Hillville Elementary School
      Vernon, B.C. V1B 3A5
      Scroll down a bit for their Fragrance Free Policy. -- barb
      http://www.sd22.bc.ca/hillview/bulletins/oct7-02.htm

       

    • Scent-Free Healthy Schools September 1998
      by K. Robinson
      http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Education/CASLE/scentfree.html

       

    • The Shambhala School
      Halifax, Nova Scotia
      Look for No Scents. -- barb
      http://www.shambhalaschool.org/Handbook/procedure4.htm

       

    • Smokey Drive Elementary School Lower Sackville, N.S. B4C 3G1
      Scroll down to Fragrance Free Environment in table. -- barb
      http://www.sdes.ednet.ns.ca/departments/school_policies.htm

       

  • Crabby Kathy -- A MUST READ!
    By KMAC Kids
    http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/kathy/home.htm
    
    
  • Dragonfleye Charter School's ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH POLICY
    Phoenix, AZ 85021
    http://www.dragonfleye.org/envir.htm

     

  • Environmental Working Group
    http://www.ewg.org/

     

    • Safer Schools - June 2001
      Portable classroom makers will switch to less-toxic materials to protect kids' health
      How about less-toxic building materials for schools, hospitals, buildings for folks of all ages?
      Before industry cries, "Too expensive!," THINK! The cost of ill health can be measured in dollars
      by industry . . . but it is beyond measuring by those debilitated, disabled, or dead. -- barb
      http://www.ewg.org/pressreleases/pr06212001.html

       

  • "Faribault school bans students' use of perfumes, colognes"
    http://www.startribune.com/stories/1556/1701620.html

     

  • Fragrant door - BLISTERED!
    Students, other than Ms. Sanderson's blasted her door with perfume. -- barb
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/doorjudy.htm

     

  • Jefferson City, Missouri, Public Schools Section 504 Accommodation Plan
    "[A]n example of a progressive school that has implemented a comprehensive plan to
    provide a student with severe asthma triggered by perfumes a fragrance free educational
    environment including:
    
    Fragrance Free school bus
    
    Fragrance Free school
    
    Fragrance Free Basketball team as well as all competing teams,
    coaches and officials - the team was 10-0 last season!
    
    Fragrance Free extracurricular activities (dances) including
    chaperones and parent volunteers
    
    http://immune.best.vwh.net/stephanie/504.html
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/s.htm#Stephanie's

     

  • IAQ in School - Key Resources
    http://www.aehf.com/IAQSch/IAQKeyRes.htm

     

  • North Seattle Community College (NSCC)
    http://www.gonorth.org/

     

    • Classroom Policy on Environmental Illness & Solvent Sensitivity
      http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/nsccclas.htm

       

    • Indoor Air Quality Guidelines - Briefer version
      http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/nsccguli.htm

       

    • Indoor Air Quality Policy
      http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/nsccpolc.htm

       

  • Safe Schools
    Irene Ruth Wilkenfeld http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/

     

    • Open Letter: Perfumes Contaminate Our Classrooms
      By Irene Wilkenfeld, Safe Schools
      Dr. James Cone has moved to work in New York City, their great gain, our great loss. -- barb
      http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/perfclasslet.html

       

  • WARNING ALL MOMS: TOXIC CHEMICALS FOUND IN DESIGNER FRAGRANCE
    Environmental Health Group Petitions FDA to Have Fragrance 'Misbranded'
    http://www.ehnca.org/www/PressReleases/fragmisb.htm

     

• HEALTHY KIDS: THE KEY TO BASICS
  Ellie Goldberg, M.Ed.
  http://www.information-engineer.com/kids/kidshp.htm
  
  
  • Focus On Indoor Air Quality
    http://www.information-engineer.com/kids/iaq.htm
    
    
  • Green Decade Coalition
    http://www.information-engineer.com/kids/grcoalhp.htm
    
    
  • Suggestions for Accommodation at School
    by Ellie Goldberg, MEd
    http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/mcsschac.htm
    
    
• The Healthy School Network
  http://www.hsnet.org
  
  
• HEATH Resource Center - American Council on Education
  Students with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/Environmental Illness:
  An Accommodation Challenge
  "... The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) defines a person with a
  disability as anyone with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
  one or more major life activities. If a student's functional ability is severely limited by
  the symptoms of MCS/EI, he or she would be considered a person with a disability
  under the ADA, and campus support staff must provide reasonable
  accommodations so that there will be access to the program. ..."
  http://www.acenet.edu/programs/heath/MCS.cfm

   

• NCEF Resource List: Indoor Air Quality
  National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
  "INDOOR AIR QUALITY
  "NCEF's resource list of links, books, and journal articles addressing
  indoor air quality issues in K-12 school buildings, including building
  materials, maintenance practices, renovation procedures and
  ventilation systems."
  http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/iaq.cfm

   

• North Dakota State University Career Center Web
  http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/career_center/index.shtml

   

  • Interviewing Skills
    "... Refrain from wearing fragrances, as many people experience adverse reactions to
    them. (chemical sensitivities). ..."
    http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/career_center/students/interview.at.shtml

     

• North Seattle Community College (NSCC)
  http://www.gonorth.org/

   

  • Classroom Policy on Environmental Illness & Solvent Sensitivity
    http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/nsccclas.htm

     

  • Indoor Air Quality Guidelines - Briefer version
    http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/nsccguli.htm

     

  • Indoor Air Quality Policy
    http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/nsccpolc.htm

     

• Pesticide Reduction in Schools
  (As with most of EHN's links this section is also listed under Children and Pesticides)
  http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/s.htm#School
  
  
• Safe Schools, Irene Ruth Wilkenfeld
  http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/
  
  
  • Bill Of Rights: Environmental Quality in Our Schools
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/rights.html

     

  • Contact Information
    http://http.tamu.edu:8000~wilk/~wilk/irene.html#contact
    
    
  • Health Statistics
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/h_stats.html
    
    
  • Open Letter: Perfumes Contaminate Our Classrooms
    By Irene Wilkenfeld, Safe Schools
    Dr. James Cone has moved to work in New York City, their great gain, our great loss. -- barb
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/perfclasslet.html

     

  • Problem Classroom Contaminants
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/contaminants.html
    
    
  • Symptoms of Sick School Syndrome
    http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/symptoms.html
    
    
• Stephanie's 504 Accomodation Plan (A student with MCS)
  
  • JEFFERSON CITY [Missouri] PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    Seventh Grade
    http://www.immuneweb.org/steanie/504.html
    
    
  • Thomas Jefferson Middle School
    http://members.xoom.com/oneearth/IAQ2000/page3.html
    
    
  • School administrators seek 'fragrance free' attendance at meeting
    Jefferson City News Tribune; Monday, May 8, 2000
    http://www.newstribune.com/stories/050800/loc_0508000004.asp
  
  
  
• Students with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/Environmental Illness:
  An Accommodation Challenge
  "According to reports from campuses and recent conferences, disability support
  service providers and institutional administrators have seen an increase in requests
  foraccommodations for students with a diagnosis of Multiple Chemical
  Sensitivity/Environmental Illness, or MCS/EI. ..."
  http://www.acenet.edu/programs/heath/MCS.cfm

   

• Suggestions for Achieving Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
  By Mark Jackson, MSE, MBA
  http://www.ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/mcsiaq.htm
  
  
• The Evergreen State College (TESC) ...
  "... recognizes that: the air is shared by all members of the community and those who
  visit the campus; suitable air quality is important in fostering a healthful and creative
  learning and working environment, and; maintaining suitable air quality requires
  continual attentiveness to mitigate or to eliminate unfavorable conditions. ...
  "II. Procedures ...
  "...6. Use of Scented Products. Community members are asked to refrain from using or
  wearing scented products. ..." http://www.evergreen.edu/user/pol_proc/g-air.htm

   

• University of Minnesota
  MCS Accommodation Guidelines
  http://disserv3.stu.umn.edu/Admin/MCS-Guidelines.html
  
  
• University of Waterloo
  
  • GUIDELINES ON WEARING SCENTED PRODUCTS
    Health and Safety Program Manual
    http://www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/hspm/documents/hygiene/guidelines.htm
    
    
  • PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING BUILDING AIR QUALITY PROBLEMS
    http://www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/hspm/documents/hygiene/Air%20Quality%20Procedures.htm
    
    
  • We Share The Air posters
    "Disclaimer: This information is intended for use by the University of Waterloo's campus community. While the material contained may be reproduced by other individuals and organizations the University of Waterloo does not warrant its application to other campuses or workplaces. Comments are welcomed and may be directed to the Safety Office."
    http://www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/hspm/documents/hygiene/Posters.htm
    
    
  Vermont Public Schools H.192 AN ACT RELATING TO TOXIC MATERIALS AND
  INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN VERMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  http://nontoxicschools.tripod.com/vermontssafeschoollaw.html

  York University -
  http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/index.htm

   

  • Dept of Occupational Health & Safety, York University
    Guidelines - Scented Products - Bulletin on the Use of Scented Products
    Two posters available from bottom of this page in PDF or HTML format. -barb
    http://www.yorku.ca/dohs/doc/Guidelines/ScentedProducts/scentedproducts.htm
  • Stats Lab -
    "
  •  Please refrain from wearing perfume or cologne or other strongly scented
    products to the lab on Tuesdays. G, who will be staffing the lab on Tuesdays, suffers
    from severe asthma. Your consideration will be much appreciated. If you forget and
    arrive at the lab you are taking a chance. If G is breathing well, then she may be able to
    accommodate you by setting you up in one of the cubicles in the lab. However, if it
    is a day when she is not breathing well she may respectfully ask you to come back on
    a different day. We thank you in advance for your cooperation. If you have any
    concerns regarding this request please speak to me. Further information about
    respiratory disorders is given later in this newsletter."
    
    "Respiratory disorders
    "Respiratory disorders are often invisible. It is not easy to pick from a crowd someone
    who suffers from severe asthma. As we have read in the papers lately asthma can be a life
    threatening disorder. The risks to a person with asthma are also hidden: dust, cigarette
    smoke, toxic fumes, perfumes, aftershave, cologne, and other strongly scented products.
    These air-born allergens may trigger a severe respiratory reaction, or cause increased
    inflammation in the upper respiratory tract of a person with asthma."
     Paul Herzberg
    http://www.psych.yorku.ca/herzberg/Stats_News1.htm
    Posters:
    
    • Skunk - "No scents is good sense"
      http://www.yorku.ca/dohs/doc/Guidelines/ScentedProducts/skunk.htm

       

    • "Wake up and smell the coffee" http://www.yorku.ca/dohs/doc/Guidelines/ScentedProducts/coffee.htm

   

• Frogs
  http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/index.html
  
  
• FrogWatch USA
  http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/frogwatch/
  
  
  • Learn about frogs and toads
    http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/FrogWatch/How/Learn/learn.htm
    
    
  • How to Frogwatch
    http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/frogwatch/How/how.htm
    
    
  • Submit observations
    http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/frogwatch/Submit/submit.htm
    
    
• Solar Eclipse
  http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/index.html

   

• Feingold Association of the United States, The
  "The dietary connection to better behavior, learning & health"
  
  http://www.feingold.org/indexx.html

   

  • General Info
    http://www.feingold.org/indexx.html