4 Things Schools Can Do to Reduce the Asthma Threat From Idling Cars | Streetsblog USA

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Witness the rise of peanut butter bans or the dwindling number of vending machines in schools. . . .

Every morning and afternoon at schools around the country, pick-up and drop-off times are free-for-alls of mindless idling, with tailpipes spitting poisonous chemicals into the air children breathe. “Monitoring at schools has shown elevated levels of benzene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and other air toxics during the afternoon hour coinciding with parents picking up their children,” according to the U.S. EPA.

“One major issue with air pollution is that it is invisible,” says Anneka Whisker of the group Moms for Clean Air. “Out of sight, out of mind.”

But it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are four things schools can do to help reduce pollution from idling and asthma.

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