What’s happening, what to do By Dorothy Wigmore For many years, asbestos, the “magic mineral” was used in thousands of products found in homes, workplaces and schools. Starting in the…
Especially for youth By Dorothy Wigmore The numbers are disturbing, and they’re getting worse. Millions of middle and high school students in the U.S. now are using e-cigarettes, just as…
Whatever it’s called, it doesn’t work By Dorothy Wigmore Who cleans your school? Who drives the buses in your district? Who’s preparing and serving meals in the cafeteria? Why does…
By Dorothy Wigmore The stories about New Jersey’s widespread problems with toxins in drinking water can be scary. Some contaminants—such as well-known lead and the newer poly- and perfluoroalkyl (PFAS)…
Part One: Identifying the hazards By Dorothy Wigmore Tap water is just fine, usually. However, it can be polluted by industrial, household, commercial, military, agricultural and pharmaceutical sources. Systems themselves…
What are the options? Synthetic turf, or not—that is the question. By Dorothy Wigmore Government agencies, schools and parents want to know what harm artificial surfaces can cause. Present in…
By Adrienne Markowitz and Eileen Senn An assault on regulations that protect worker and community health is underway. The Trump administration is putting proponents of deregulation in charge of federal…
Published in the February 2017 NJEA Review By Adrienne Markowitz and Eileen Senn Records of staff injured or made ill by their jobs are an important resource for local associations…
Published in the January 2017 NJEA Review By Adrienne Markowitz and Eileen Senn In response to mounting pressure on the Christie administration, the first steps are finally being taken to…
Published in the December 2016 NJEA Review By Adrienne Markowitz and Eileen Senn As they become smaller and more affordable, 3-D printers are finding their way into classrooms, especially in…