231482 Comparison of State Policies

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Claire Barnett, MBA , Healthy Schools Network, Washington, DC
     
Policy reforms are moving quickly in more than a dozen states to promote the use of green products in schools. But advertising or labeling a product as ‘green' and actually ensuring those products meet a comprehensive standard to ensure that the ingredients minimize risks to human health and the environment and actually work requires diligence by state agencies and by local schools. This presentation will compare laws and bills pending in different states, extra legislative steps often needed to address school purchasing, and outline how the approaches differ and how the states and local schools are responding.

Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health education
Environmental health sciences
Occupational health and safety
Public health administration or related administration
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines

Learning Objectives:
List states with new policies; Compare features of state laws; Assess how state policies avoid 'green washing'

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Barnett works for Healthy Schools Network and coordinates the national Coalition for Healthier Schools which formed an ‘industry-free’ work group to promote green products in schools in 2006. The work group has expanded as more state policy advocates interested in promoting healthy environments for children have participated and contributed research and experience to the topic of green washing vs green products. She will outline the rapidly changing policy landscape on this issue and the current opposition strategies of the chemical industry.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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