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Parents, health professionals urge Portland SD 1J to add indoor air and environmental health goals
Summary
Public health professionals, parents and volunteers urged the policy committee to add clean indoor air and environmental health goals to the district's climate and sustainability policy, citing PM2.5 harms, filtration benefits for reducing virus transmission, and temperature-control concerns for emergency medications.
Several parents, public-health professionals and volunteers urged Portland SD 1J's Policy Committee to add explicit environmental health and indoor air goals to district policy, saying changes could reduce respiratory illness and support learning.
Mandy Green, a public health consultant and epidemiologist, told the committee that "most of our exposure to outdoor air pollutants occurs indoors" and urged board-level guidance to protect students and staff from wildfire smoke and diesel pollution. Alicia Cohen, founder of Wood Smoke Free PDX and a…
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