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Texas school explosion, 1937, Ellie Goldberg
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Lessons of the March 18, 1937 Texas School Explosion
Bring the Lessons of the Texas School Explosion to your school. 
Make March 18 a Healthy Schools Heroes Day. Help raise awareness of the urgent need for responsible leadership to eliminate explosives and other hazards in today's schools so "that schools will be safe and children will come home to their families when their lessons are over." (Nine-year-old survivor Carolyn Jones, in an appeal to the Texas legislature, March 25, 1937.) 

Nominations Sought for Healthy Schools Hero 2010.
Blackboard from the rubble of the Explosion
Healthy Schools Heroes  Every year, to mark the anniversary of the March 18, 1937 Texas School Explosion, Healthy Kids salutes Healthy Schools Heroes who demonstrate extraordinary responsibility and inspirational leadership to protect children and teachers from chemical hazards in schools.  The 2008 Award goes to a TEAM of five people who demonstrate how state and federal agencies can take leadership for school safety.  They are heroes for their collective sense of responsibility, inspirational leadership, and exemplary persistence and courage that has protected thousands of children from laboratory chemicals and other hazards and unhealthy school conditions." wrote Randy Brown, of the US EPA, Region 8 (8P-TA), Tribal Assistance Program, Denver, CO.

Matthew Langenfeld, USEPA, Region 8, School Chemical Cleanout Coordinator

Allyson Kelley, Rocky Mountain College American Indian Affairs, Project Director

Brian Spangler & Bonnie Rouse, Montana Dept of Env Montana Department of Environmental Quality

Bruce Hayes, Facilities and School Safety Consultant Wyoming Department of Education


Rachel Carson
Creating a Culture of Sentinel Lions
Parents, educators, and health professionals owe it to children to eliminate environmental hazards that are a source of preventable illness and disability.  Promoting the legacy of Rachel Carson...

Stop rBGH in school dairy products
Massachusetts Know Your Milk Campaign
Goals: to educate the public about the health risks of rBGH, to urge producers to label dairy products, and to urge schools, hospitals, and other institutions to eliminate rBGH from the dairy products they serve.


Ellie Goldberg, M.Ed.
healthykids@rcn.com  617-965-9637

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