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…