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- No Breathing in the Aisles: Diesel Exhaust Inside School Buses
Report - This February 2001 study from NRDC and the Coalition for Clean Air shows that children who ride a diesel school bus may be exposed to up to four times more toxic diesel exhaust than someone traveling in a car directly in front of it. The study found that excess exhaust levels on school buses were 23 to 46 times higher than levels considered to be a significant cancer risk according to the U.S Environmental Protection Agency and federal guidelines.
- Poisons on Pets: Health Hazards from Flea and Tick Products
Report - This report highlights the potential health hazards to humans and pets from flea collars and other flea and tick control products. The report recommends that the EPA ban the use of an entire class of these products -- those using organophosphates. It also offers recommendations for pet owners on combating fleas and ticks with a variety of simple non-chemical steps and/or by applying safer products, including insect growth regulators.
- Trouble on the Farm: Growing Up with Pesticides in Agricultural Communities
Report - A report examining the disproportionate exposure to dangerous pesticides borne by children of farmers and farm workers, and the related threats to their health.
- Our Children At Risk: The Five Worst Environmental Threats to Their Health
Report - A report identifying the special vulnerability of children to environmental hazards and highlighting the growing evidence pointing to a link between pollution and childhood illnesses. The report makes recommendations, at both the policy and personal levels, for the protection of the next generation.
- Putting Children First
Report - An April 1998 report reviewing the adequacy of data typically available to EPA in setting child-protective levels of allowable pesticide residues in or on food, as required by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.
See the NRDC Policy Solutions section for more expert analysis of environmental issues. You may also wish to view the working materials in the NRDC Document Bank
