Toxic Air and America’s Schools

USA TODAY examines the impact of air pollution outside the nation’s schools and explores how toxic chemicals shuttered one elementary school in Addyston, Ohio, three years ago. Medical Experts investigate the long term injury to children’s development, health, and ability to learn.  Note how journalists discover government agencies aren’t monitoring. (Part 1)

USA TODAY takes a snapshot of air quality outside of almost 100 schools around the nation. Its findings, experts say, should prompt the government to take a harder look.  The implications for Shelton school children are grave.  Unfortunately, most of the officials concerned parents are urged to contact in this clip (school, EPA, county) have ignored the pleas of local residents objecting to the proposed plants expected to emit just such toxins.     (Part 2)
USA Today journalists Blake Morrison and Brad Heath discuss research methods for their Grantham Prize Winning story “The Smokestack Effect: Toxic Air and America’s Schools”. The greater vulnerability of children is discussed and, shockingly, the current harm done. Video courtesy of the Journalism Center on Children & Families

http://www.journalismcenter.org

Bless the Beasts and the Children…they have no choice, they have no voice – Karen Carpenter

Intel Thumbs Its Nose — Like Adage, Simpson, Tim Sheldon, and Jay Hupp, Intel (another wealthy corporation) thumbs its nose at Corrales residents complaining about the toxic emissions.  However, the locals seem willing to cast the toxic burden onto others not in the immediate vicinity just as some Mason County residents are.  This ‘Devil take the hindmost’ approach is counter productive and plays into the strategy of these monstrously huge corporations intent on dividing citizens while the companies destroy the environment AND the community!