What to do  By Dorothy Wigmore  Just found a health or safety hazard at work? Trying to figure out if something is a hazard? Worried about on-going symptoms you or

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

…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

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