Introduction

We go to great lengths to ensure the health and safety of our children. We demand that our schools adopt “zero tolerance” policies toward drugs, guns, and other hazards to our children. We even go so far as to demand that school personnel receive our written permission before they give our kids an aspirin.

Shouldn’t we be taking similar precautions with dangerous chemicals and other toxins that endanger our children while they are at school?

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

While some states have begun to notify parents and add precautionary measures to limit children’s exposure to dangerous chemicals and other toxins in schools, every state could do better. This web site specifically addresses the use of dangerous pesticides in schools, and it includes a sample bill, talking points, press links, research, and other background information.

We may have other useful materials on this subject which are not posted on our web site. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or call our office in Madison, Wisconsin, at (608) 252-9800.

Special thanks to the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides/Beyond Pesticides and the Washington Toxics Coalition for their previous research and work on this issue.

If you’ve used this site and found it helpful or, if you have suggestions about how it could be made more helpful, please let us know. Please feel free to use the sample bill text included here in your state. If you do, please notify us.