PCBs in NJ Schools
What we need to know By Zarin Hussain, MPH (c) and Derek G. Shendell, D. Env., MPH Grasping the use of PCBs PCBs or polychlorinated biphenyls have been…
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March 1, 2024
Need something fixed? Who you gonna call?
The invisible jobs and hazards of school custodial and building maintenance work By Dorothy Wigmore Schools need them. They’re key health and safety prevention staff and problem-solvers. But they are…
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February 1, 2024
Kicking the can down the road has come to this
By Nikki Baker and Rosie Grant Every day that students and staff enter New Jersey schools, they face conditions that can cause illness or injury and that make it harder…
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January 2, 2024
What about the buses?
Their air quality matters too By Dorothy Wigmore We want healthy air in schools. But what about school buses, where students and drivers spend so much time? How…
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November 30, 2023
Slips, trips and fall hazards
By Dr. Derek Shendell, Dr. Koshy Koshy and Justin Panzarella There are over 13 million school employees in the United States with nearly 230,000 here in New Jersey. They make…
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November 1, 2023
Want to improve your school’s air and involve students?
Now’s your chance! By Dorothy Wigmore A chance to learn. A chance to improve school air. Those are the goals of a grant-funded project involving Rutgers University and…
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October 2, 2023
Chemical storage hazards and NJ’s Right-to-Know Act
By Justin Panzarella, BS, MPH (c) Derek G. Shendell, D.Env., MPH and Koshy Koshy, Ph.D. Understanding chemical exposure and storage hazards The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) affirms that…
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September 12, 2023
Drinking water is improving
…but PFASs aren't disappearing by Dorothy Wigmore The December 2019 and January 2020 editions of the NJEA Review featured articles about lead and PFAS chemicals in school drinking water. It’s…
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June 8, 2023
The importance of understanding heat-related illness in schools year-round
By Yvette Way, BA, MPH (c) and Derek G. Shendell, D.Env., MPH Within recent years in the U.S., some of the hottest weather has been recorded. This trend is only…
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May 1, 2023
How’s your voice today?
It can start with a “frog” in the throat or laryngitis. It can end a career as a teacher. Whether it’s called “teacher’s voice,” hoarseness (dysphonia), voice disorder, voice fatigue…
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April 3, 2023