Read about The Toxic Air and America's Schools
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- Schools near industry face chemical dangers
- Video: Toxic chemicals outside our schools
- 'Weird' smell set off investigation at Ohio school
- Schools that ranked worst
- No one knows what level of chemicals harms children
- Schools can be hit by chemicals from several industries
- Air tests reveal elevated levels of toxics at schools
- Schools can be hit by chemicals from several industries
- Officials vow air near schools will be tested for toxics
- Video: Leading health expert explains how to use information
- Cooperation helped Louisville pull off a cleanup coup
- Video: A snapshot of what's in the air
- Young students often most vulnerable to toxic air
- Possible air hazards rarely considered in plans for schools
- EPA nominee pledges to address toxic hot spots around schools
- EPA nominee pledges to use science
- EPA: Air tests near schools a priority
- EPA announces schools for air quality checks
- Schools glad to have EPA sample air
- EPA to review system gauging air emissions
- Toxic 'carbon tet' lingers in air near schools
- EPA study: 2.2M live in areas where air poses cancer risk
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Toxic Metals in the air outside School complex
Testing for toxics at schools sparks questions, lawsuits
By Blake Morrison and Brad Heath, USA TODAY
NATRONA HEIGHTS, Pa. — On crisp fall mornings in the Allegheny River valley, the fog that hangs over Highlands High School usually burns off by the first bell. What remains in the air is the question.
Almost a year after tests by USA TODAY found significant levels of two potentially toxic metals in the air outside the school, local health officials expanded their own monitoring efforts here. The reason: Air samples taken by the county earlier this year showed even higher levels of the metals than what USA TODAY found — on two days, at least nine times more.
Highlands, flanked by two metals plants, is among scores of schools where regulators — local, state or federal — are monitoring outdoor air for toxic chemicals, many that pose unique dangers to kids. The monitoring is not required by law but came in response to the USA TODAY investigation that identified hundreds of schools where chemicals from nearby industries may permeate the air.
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By Blake Morrison and Brad Heath, USA TODAY
NATRONA HEIGHTS, Pa. — On crisp fall mornings in the Allegheny River valley, the fog that hangs over Highlands High School usually burns off by the first bell. What remains in the air is the question.
Almost a year after tests by USA TODAY found significant levels of two potentially toxic metals in the air outside the school, local health officials expanded their own monitoring efforts here. The reason: Air samples taken by the county earlier this year showed even higher levels of the metals than what USA TODAY found — on two days, at least nine times more.
Highlands, flanked by two metals plants, is among scores of schools where regulators — local, state or federal — are monitoring outdoor air for toxic chemicals, many that pose unique dangers to kids. The monitoring is not required by law but came in response to the USA TODAY investigation that identified hundreds of schools where chemicals from nearby industries may permeate the air.
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