Does Your School District Require Asthma Education Training?

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• Vacuum bedrooms often. Change sheets at least once a week.
• Do NOT use cleaning chemicals or disinfectants with children in the room.
• READ THE LABELS of any household products for cleaning, dusting, disinfecting...
• Check for mold in bathrooms and kitchen.
•  Launder towels and washcloths at least twice a week in hot water.
• Pets should not sleep in bedrooms..
• Do not burn candles. 
• Do not use room air fresheners.

All these listed are reliable resources:

•  Children Asthma and Stress.  . PBS NewsHour  In a study done exclusively for The Detroit News and PBS NewsHour, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found about 2 of every 3 Motor City children face “adverse childhood experiences,” such as household substance abuse, exposure to violence and extreme economic hardship that can trigger asthma. 

• Good Morning America:  Great example of Community Leadership as doctors, parents, teachers, and school nurses develop a new model for treating children with asthma in Rochester, Minn. 2009

• Sampro School Based Asthma Management Program

• Video showing teenager with asthma stressing  and how to know triggers

• Use Asthma Inhalers correctly 

•  Asthma Classroom triggers   

•  Caleb kid with asthma. 

•  Akron Children 's Hospital Doctor explains Asthma and triggers

• Families talking about children's asthma

• Asthma flareup Australian video

Protect your children. Why disinfectants are against Federal Law for children to use and must not be used in their presence nor should residue be on surfaces that kids touch or put food on: Read the label  and follow directions. It is a FEDERAL LAW. Educate yourself and spread the word. This is a real health and safety issue for children in the midst of Covid. Most Adults do not follow the labels' directions and warnings.

Is your school following the law on product labels? Many schools in the U.S. are telling kids TO USE the disinfectant wipes even though the legal warning says DO NOT let children use the wipes and do not use disinfectant wipes in children’s  presence.

Read To Understand Why:

National Poison Control:  https://www.poison.org/articles/children-and-spray-bottles

EPA resources and regulations:  Label guidance:  Federal Law : Warning: Keep away from children (to age 18)

https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-coronavirus-covid-19

https://www.epa.gov/americaschildrenenvironment/ace-supplementary-topics-contaminants-schools-and-child-care-facilities

EPA

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-encourages-schools-and-universities-use-epa-approved-products-and-disinfectants

National Pesticide Information Center  (NPIC)

http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/antimicrobials.html

University of Arizona   https://extension.arizona.edu/five-important-things-know-you-disinfect

Texas Integrated Pest Management  Schools: Read Product  Use and Warning Labels [Do Not Use Disinfectants around Children (under 18)]

Healthy Schools  

News article. School Warned to stop Making Kids Clean with Disinfectant Wipes

CDC.  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/disinfecting-building-facility.html

Washington State University.  https://schoolipm.wsu.edu/microorganisms/

https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/Pubs/333-218.pdf

Arizona State University. https://extension.arizona.edu/five-important-things-know-you-disinfect

Why Parents Should Be Cautious When Using Household Disinfectants.Disinfecting wipes can help eliminate some germs, but they also contain EPA-registered pesticides. Consumer reports 2020-02-05

Arizona Schools: No priority to train teachers for asthma education professional development. Arizona Dept of Education does not require districts to train teachers in asthma education with American Lung Association readily available resources or other recognized  approved resources..