Children & teachers are getting ill in classrooms due to poor air quality. In the U.S. 40% of our schools are 60 years old or older according to PARADE magazine (August 12, 2012). Many of these schools have poor ventilation systems and/or toxic mold problems.
As a teacher for 33 years, I saw many students become ill in my classroom (as well as myself) and I was never able to tell them why they were getting sick. I am severely allergic to 27 different molds and I have now lost my voice, my colon & ileum are inflamed, and there is erosion in my stomach for the rest of my life. I have won a workman comp lawsuit but my health will never be the same. Imagine what this is doing to our children on a daily basis! Are we creating another epidemic similar to mesothelioma?
We must request a law to be made for our children & teachers--there is NO LAW to protect our children or teachers from this atrocity in our schools. We must let our Senate & Congress know that we support our teachers and our future--OUR CHILDREN!