• Asthma Community Network, Communities in action mobilizing 1000 communities to lead the nation in quality asthma care.
• Reducing Environmental Triggers of Asthma in the Home (RETA-Home)
  This is a free, online training module/video that has been developed specifically for public health nurses and certified asthma educators, although it could be used with a broad audience. This program teaches about triggers of asthma found in homes and suggests simple interventions that can limit or eliminate exposure to these asthma triggers.
  http://www.retahome.org
  Asthma Friendly Policies, English, Education/Outreach Materials, Environmental Assessment/Checklist, Presentation Slides, Health Care Setting, Home/Housing, Training Materials, Training/Educational Kit, Website, Other, Quality Improvement, Other
• Diagnosis and Management of Asthma Tool Card
  Pediatric Asthma Initiative
  Quick reference card for health care providers on comprehensive asthma care
  http://www.retahome.org/1_introduction/scr1.htm
• http://www.epa.gov/asthma/pdfs/awm/event_planning_kit.pdf
  Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool, Community Setting, English, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Education/Outreach Materials, Health Care Setting, Reference Guide, Home/Housing, Implementation Guide, School
• Allergy & Asthma Today magazine
  Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA)
  Allergy & Asthma Today is the practical, family-friendly magazine for people living with asthma, allergies and other respiratory conditions. Award-winning and medically reviewed, packed with news and real-life inspiration and success stories—Allergy & Asthma Today is the ultimate resource for patients, families and healthcare providers.
  http://www.aanma.org/publication/aat-subscription/
  English, Education/Outreach Materials, Spanish, Other
• Learning & Growing Through Evaluation: State Asthma Program Evaluation Guide (Module 1)
  Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  Learning & Growing is a step-by-step guide to evaluation planning for state asthma programs. It includes helpful templates and examples. Module 1 focuses on evaluation planning--both strategic evaluation planning for a five year grant cycle as well as individual evaluation planning for a specific evaluation project. Subsequent modules will focus on evaluation implementation.
  http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/program_eval/guide.htm
  English, Reference Guide, Program Management/Evaluation, Website
• Managing Asthma in the School Environment: What NEA Members Need to Know
  Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc.
  Managing Asthma in the School Environment: What NEA Members Need to Know is a free, 1.5 hour course that will educate NEA members (and other members of the school community such as parents, principals, superintendents, and facility managers) about asthma so that they can help students better manage their asthma while at school.
  http://www.neaacademy.org/leader-to-leader/managing-asthma-i...
  Asthma Friendly Policies, English, Education/Outreach Materials, Training Materials, Website, School
• For more see http://www.asthmacommunitynetwork.org/resources (requires log-in)
  
• *Center for Health, Environment, and Justice (CHEJ) is different from other environmental organizations. It was created out of a commitment and passion to work with communities at risk, to empower local families to take steps to protect their neighborhoods and families from unnecessary chemical threats.

• CHEJ is kicking off a brand new PVC-free schools campaign this year to encourage schools to ditch the poison plastic in favor of safer alternatives.  We need your help to make it a success! We've created a series of new PVC-free schools fact-sheets to help educate parents, students and decision-makers on the dangers of PVC plastic in schools:

• We're releasing This Vinyl School just in time for Children's Health Month this October. Make the pledge to make your child's school healthier this month by visiting and sharing it with your friends and loved ones – http://www.chej.org/thisvinylschool

• PVC, the Poison Plastic - Unhealthy for Our Nation's Children and Schools
• Our Health and PVC - What's the Connection?
• PVC and Toxic Cleaning Products
• Top Ten Reasons Your School Should Go PVC-Free
• PVC & Environmental Justice
• PVC Policies Around the World

                            Each of them can be downloaded at the links above, or on our website here:                                        http://besafenet.com/pvc/about.htm

• Center for School Mold Help You must be an active subscriber to access  complete, very extensive Information section about mold, including FAQ, Admin FAQ, Sick Building Symptoms, TX Tech Fungal Glossary, Remediation, Mold Lessons for Teachers, MCS Info, School Mold Statistics, and much more.
• Children's Environmental Health Network, (CEHN) protecting the fetus and the child  from environmental hazards a healthy environment for all children.
• Health Hazards in Child Care and Preschool, Radio interview with Diane Whitehead and Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, MPH
•  Child-Safe U.S. Chemicals Policy
• Childhood Asthma Policy and Housing
• Children's Health in School Environments
  

• *Collaborative on Health and the Environment "(CHE) is a diverse network of more than 3500 individual and organizational Partners in 45 countries and 48 states, working collectively to advance knowledge and effective action to address growing concerns about the links between human health and environmental factors.

• http://www.besafenet.com

• Environment and Human Health, Inc. "Environment and Human Health, Inc., is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to protecting human health from environmental harms through research, education and the promotion of sound public policy. Environment and Human Health, Inc. is made up of doctors, public health professionals and policy experts committed to the reduction of environmental health risks to individuals."
• European Public Health Alliance

• Cancer-linked pesticides used in schools - new survey

• GASP Fight Angry Air. It is the mission of GASP to clean up Alabama’s air. We will strive to reduce air pollution, educate the public on the health risks associated with poor air quality and encourage the community’s leaders to serve as role models for clean air and clean energy production.
• Children and the Elderly 'Children may look like miniature adults, but they’re not. Air pollution is especially dangerous to them because their lungs are growing and because they are so active. Just like the arms and legs, the largest portion of a child’s lungs will grow long after he or she is born.'"

• Healthy Child Healthy World:  Healthy Child Healthy World has been a national leader for nearly two decades, igniting a movement of awareness and responsibility. We inform and inspire millions of people to take action and create cleaner, greener, safer environments where children and families can flourish.
• Read more: http://healthychild.org/about/#ixzz1PZFzAU3V

• *Healthy Schools Network: a 501c3 national environmental health organization that does research, information, education, coalition-building, and advocacy to ensure that every child has a healthy learning environment that is clean and in good repair.
  
• Healthy Schools Network, Inc. - National Healthy Schools Day
• Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signs Proclamation making April 11, 2011 National Healthy Schools Day in the State of Alabama. - Children's EPA
• Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour Proclaims April 11, 2011 as Healthy Schools Week and April 11, 2011 as Healthy Schools Day in honor of National Healthy Schools Day - Children's EPA
• Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam proclaims National Healthy Schools Day and Week in Tennessee - Children's EPA
• *Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative Working Group (LDDI), The Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI) is a national project fostering collaboration among learning and developmental disability organizations, researchers, health professionals and environmental health groups to address concerns about the impact environmental pollutants may have on healthy brain development.
• *National Healthy Schools Day -April 26, 2010- coordinated by Healthy Schools Network, Inc., "is an important day t

  
  

  o promote and celebrate healthy school environments that are conducive to learning and protect occupant health. Schools, parents, personnel, advocates, and agencies unite nationwide to promote healthy and green school environments for all children."
• *Global Indoor Health Network (Formerly ACHEMMIC "Action Committee on the Health Effects of Mold, Microbes and Indoor Contaminant)  is a group consisting of physicians,scientists, researchers, indoor air quality experts, industrial hygienists, building engineers, advocates and others who are working together to promote the truth in health policy about the adverse effects of mold, microbes and indoor contaminants."
• Katy's Exposure  "Exposing Environmental Health Threats & Those Responsible for Them"
• MCS America: "Multiple Chemical Sensitivity America provides information, support, and referral services to providers and people with illnesses of toxic environmental origin and works to ensure that environmental intoxicants are identified, reduced, and properly regulated through effective legislation."
• Mesothelioma "The Leading The Mesothelioma Center offers assistance through reading materials, a Doctor Match program, and Patient & Family Advocates that are available to discuss support options and answer your questions."
• Mount Sinai's Children's Environmental Health Center (CEHC) "The mission of Mount Sinai's Children's Environmental Health Center (CEHC) is to protect children against environmental threats to health. CEHC conducts research to discover the environmental causes of disease in children- asthma, learning disabilities, autism, obesity, and childhood cancer. CEHC transmits research to pediatricians, policy makers, parents and all who care for children."
• National Clearing House for Educational Facilities .
  
• Mold in my school, What do I do?
• Hazardous materials in schools
• Chemicals in Common Products: Risky business for Children's Health
• Healthy School Environment

• The Center for School Mold Help - Information, news, and resources about mold in schools.
  
• Truth About Mold "is an organization dedicated to exposing and promoting the truth about the health effects of molds and mycotoxins.  Our strategy is to proactively communicate with elected officials, media outlets, medical organizations, individuals with firsthand experience about the effects of toxic mold, advocates, and others who are key resources in helping us achieve our mission and vision."
• Mold stories
• Communications with the World Health Organization
  
• *U. S. EPA Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools program. EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit contains information on many environmental issues. By using the guidance provided in the IAQ Tools for Schools Kit and developing a written IAQ management plan, schools can begin to address the whole school environment by putting in place procedures to identify and reduce or remove harmful pollutants from the school environment
• EPA- Assessing Outdoor Air Near Schools
• EPA- Healthy School Environments "The healthy school environments web site is designed to provide one-stop access to the many programs and resources available to help prevent and resolve environmental issues in schools."
• EPA Highlights of the Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook (Final report)
• PA Safe Chemical Management in Your school Video.
• Helping Schools in Our Communities Create Healthy Learning Environments.
• EPA and States Complete First Phase of Unprecedented School Air Monitoring Initiative/Air toxics samples from all 65 schools in 22 states available online " Advisory work group recommendations completed Jan 2010, incl setting child sensitive standards, cross agency actions for kids in harms way, and tracking toxics indoors," says Claire Barnett of Health Schools Network
  

• UV Lights Burns. "Teachers battle dangerous lighting conditions.  Broken metal halide light bulbs, the kind used to illuminate gyms and other school buildings, can cause painful eye and skin damage."
• Voices for Alabama's Children "VOICES for Alabama’s Children was the first, and remains the only, organization to document the conditions of children in each of our state’s 67 counties. From building public awareness to leading legislative advocacy efforts, all of VOICES’ activities are based on a solid foundation of research."

Websites and Publications

• *Sick Schools 2009 National Report, Coalition for Health Schools reports -Percent of Schools with at Least One Inadequate Building Feature,  68%, Percent of Schools with at Least One Unsatisfactory Environmental Factor   57%Percent of Children.
• Webinar on December 9, 2009 Autism, Vaccine Injury and Mercury Toxicity Webinar with Dr. Buttar , Wednesday, December 9, 2009 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM EST, "There is NO COST to attend this webinar. . . This webinar will provide answers to questions which people have regarding Autism, mercury toxicity, vaccine injury and their inter-relationship. 

• USA TODAY Toxic Air and American Schools - The Smokestack Effect

• CoalPollution Damages Human Health at Every Stage of Coal Life Cycle, Reports Physicians for Social Responsibility, PRNewsWire, "Coal pollutants affect all major body organ systems and contribute to four of the five leading causes of mortality in the U.S.: heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. . .There are 584 coal ash dump sites in the U.S., and toxic residues have migrated into water supplies at dozens of sites. While every stage of the coal life cycle impacts human health, the combustion phase exacts the greatest toll." Many of these coal ash dump sites such as Arrowhead in Alabama are located near schools.
• Environmental Health News, is published daily by Environmental Health Sciences, a foundation-funded journalism organization founded in 2002. Our daily e-letter, Above The Fold, is available for free. Our syndication services also are available for free and are used by over 300 other websites around the world.
• Children's Environmental Health Network "protecting the fetus and the child from environmental hazards."
• Healthy Children Magazine online, "This quarterly magazine for parents is written, reviewed and approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the nation’s foremost experts in child health. It features in-depth articles on a wide range of important health topics including immunization guidelines, common childhood illnesses and conditions, developmental and behavioral issues, nutrition and fitness recommendations, and much more."
• Healthy Child Healthy World, "igniting a movement that inspires parents to protect young children from harmful chemicals."
• parentadvocates.org "We challenge those who believe they can continue to violate the public trust to stop and listen to the buzz of millions of people visiting websites, emailing each other, blogging and chatting online about what is going on behind closed doors. We promise to hold you responsible for your actions. We call this process "e-accountability".
• Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, "Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families is a groundbreaking coalition of diverse groups united by their common concern about toxic chemicals in our homes, places of work, and products we use every day."
• Sunflowers Naturals. Good source of articles and informative links, Such as http://www.sunflowernaturals.com/article_poisoned_babies.shtml