…but PFASs aren't disappearing by Dorothy Wigmore The December 2019 and January 2020 editions of the NJEA Review featured articles about lead and PFAS chemicals in school drinking water. It’s…
By Yvette Way, BA, MPH (c) and Derek G. Shendell, D.Env., MPH Within recent years in the U.S., some of the hottest weather has been recorded. This trend is only…
It can start with a “frog” in the throat or laryngitis. It can end a career as a teacher. Whether it’s called “teacher’s voice,” hoarseness (dysphonia), voice disorder, voice fatigue…
By Dorothy Wigmore “NJEA members have a legal right to safe and healthful working conditions. Your employer, the board of education, is responsible for ensuring that school employees and students…
By Dorothy Wigmore Plug and go! Electric buses are coming to New Jersey schools. It’s part of an international movement to take diesel vehicles off the road, following campaigns by…
Yet school bus drivers have no place to go By Dorothy Wigmore Imagine a job where you aren’t sure if or when you can use a bathroom. Where you have…
By Dorothy Wigmore Librarians or administrative staff working during the summer, the state of a classroom in September, and building repairs during the school year are all situations posing construction-related…
By Dorothy Wigmore It usually happens between school years. Too often, school staff and students pay a price when it’s not done properly. “It” is the construction, demolition or renovation…
Health survey time! By Dorothy Wigmore The return to school after summer break is a great time to get a handle on job-related hazards that may affect members’ health—and start…
By Dorothy Wigmore How does noise affect us? Like stress, loud noise increases blood pressure, leading to heart-related problems. It also can cause endocrine disruption (another route to cardiovascular…