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California Portable Classrooms Study
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| The Air Resources Board (ARB) and Department of Health Services (DHS) completed
a comprehensive study of the environmental health conditions in portable (relocatable) classrooms. This study investigated
classrooms in kindergarten through 12th grade public schools and included a large representative sample. A
number of environmental problems were found in classrooms throughout California. The Report to the California Legislature: Environmental Health Conditions in California's Portable
Classrooms has been submitted to the Legislature, and is available
for download below:
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| Other related documents are also available.
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| We have also developed a web page (http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/health/school/school.htm) for school administrators and others involved in school environmental health
and air quality issues. It includes a short (two-page) advisory to schools on actions they can take now
to improve the environmental conditions in their classrooms, plus many web links to steer them to useful
information and checklists.
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| The Air Resources Board and Department of Health Services have developed
recommendations to assist schools in reducing their indoor formaldehyde concentrations.
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| Click here
to subscribe to a listserve for future activities related to the Portable Classrooms Study (PCS). By
subscribing to the PCS List Serve, you will receive notices regarding updates on the further analysis of data from the
PCS and any significant actions resulting from this report. |
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