Require schools to have full and open transparency of cleaning and disinfecting protocols and chemical exposure risk!
Parents, students, and teachers have both a need and a right to know the hazards and identities of the chemical disinfectants they are being routinely exposed to in school. Well-intentioned school plans, trying to stop the spread of COVID-19 now include extra cleaning and disinfecting.
However, "hospital grade" disinfectant chemicals are now being misused and overused as part of the routine cleaning process, unintentionally exposing kids to occupational (daily) exposure levels to chlorine, calcium and sodium hypochlorite, iodophor, phenol, quaternary ammonium compounds. The EPA classifies these chemicals pesticides not as cleaning agents!
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Product Sample: SSS Navigator #71 CitrOxo Citrus Disinfectant
CHEMICAL FAMILY: Quaternary ammonium chloride blend
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Our Mission:
1.Require schools to have full and open transparency of cleaning and disinfecting protocols including:
- Exposure Controls
- Product Chemical Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
- Handling and Storage
- Carcinogenicity In
- Signs and Symptoms of Overexposure
2. End the misuse and overuse of highly toxic "hospital grade" disinfectant chemical pesticides in schools.
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Occupational (daily) exposure in adults to the same chemical disinfectants have resulted in:
- "Disinfectant use has been associated with adverse respiratory effects among healthcare workers." LEARN MORE>
- " Occupational exposure to cleaning products and disinfectants was significantly associated with a 25% to 38% increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease independent of asthma and smoking." LEARN MORE >
- "However, overexposure to disinfecting chemicals may lead to unintended human health risks." LEARN MORE>
Updates
January 25, 2021
I have spent this week reviewing the safety data sheets for the products currently in use at our local facilities. These documents confirm that many of the chemicals being applied in classrooms require specific handling precautions that are not currently being met. I am compiling this information to present a formal request for safer protocol adjustments to the district board.
January 25, 2021
The level of engagement regarding these chemical exposure policies confirms that community health remains a primary concern for families. This momentum provides a significant foundation as we prepare to present our documentation to the school board.
Reached 100 supporters
January 25, 2021
22 Comments
I have been saying this from the beginning. Next will be a spike in cancers and autoimmune diseases in not only children but everyone.
Please make public any and ALL chemicals and/or ingredients in any disinfecting system (ie: air, water or solid surface) used in the Cobb County School System.
Enough with the toxic chemicals. Use vinegar or something safe. Schools are for learning not chemical testing grounds.
Finally someone is coming out! Thank you from all teachers in STL support you!
My son has asthma and the smell in the hallways is already making him dizzy. We deserve to know what they are spraying around our kids all day long!
Parent and employee
Let’s get this place open
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Require schools to have full and open transparency of cleaning and disinfecting protocols and chemical exposure risk!
Parents, students, and teachers have both a need and a right to know the hazards and identities of the chemical disinfectants they are being routinely exposed to in school. Well-intentioned school plans, trying to stop the spread of COVID-19 now include extra cleaning and disinfecting.
However, "hospital grade" disinfectant chemicals are now being misused and overused as part of the routine cleaning process, unintentionally exposing kids to occupational (daily) exposure levels to chlorine, calcium and sodium hypochlorite, iodophor, phenol, quaternary ammonium compounds. The EPA classifies these chemicals pesticides not as cleaning agents!
____________________________________________________________________________
Product Sample: SSS Navigator #71 CitrOxo Citrus Disinfectant
CHEMICAL FAMILY: Quaternary ammonium chloride blend
____________________________________________________________________________
Our Mission:
1.Require schools to have full and open transparency of cleaning and disinfecting protocols including:
- Exposure Controls
- Product Chemical Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
- Handling and Storage
- Carcinogenicity In
- Signs and Symptoms of Overexposure
2. End the misuse and overuse of highly toxic "hospital grade" disinfectant chemical pesticides in schools.
____________________________________________________________________________
Occupational (daily) exposure in adults to the same chemical disinfectants have resulted in:
- "Disinfectant use has been associated with adverse respiratory effects among healthcare workers." LEARN MORE>
- " Occupational exposure to cleaning products and disinfectants was significantly associated with a 25% to 38% increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease independent of asthma and smoking." LEARN MORE >
- "However, overexposure to disinfecting chemicals may lead to unintended human health risks." LEARN MORE>
Updates
January 25, 2021
I have spent this week reviewing the safety data sheets for the products currently in use at our local facilities. These documents confirm that many of the chemicals being applied in classrooms require specific handling precautions that are not currently being met. I am compiling this information to present a formal request for safer protocol adjustments to the district board.
January 25, 2021
The level of engagement regarding these chemical exposure policies confirms that community health remains a primary concern for families. This momentum provides a significant foundation as we prepare to present our documentation to the school board.
Reached 100 supporters
January 25, 2021
22 Comments
I have Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren in schools, please do not expose them to all the bad Chemicals‼️
I have been saying this from the beginning. Next will be a spike in cancers and autoimmune diseases in not only children but everyone.
Please make public any and ALL chemicals and/or ingredients in any disinfecting system (ie: air, water or solid surface) used in the Cobb County School System.
Enough with the toxic chemicals. Use vinegar or something safe. Schools are for learning not chemical testing grounds.
Finally someone is coming out! Thank you from all teachers in STL support you!
My son has asthma and the smell in the hallways is already making him dizzy. We deserve to know what they are spraying around our kids all day long!
Parent and employee
Let’s get this place open
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I have Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren in schools, please do not expose them to all the bad Chemicals‼️