School in the Air Pollution Danger Zones

One third of the schools are neighbor to busy roads.Unhealthy proximity may be dangerous to the children and so the planners will have to look into it.

 Your children may be in danger. As more than 30 percent of the U.S. public schools stands to be in the “air pollution danger zone” as because of heir location near to major highways, your children may face several problems caused by polluted air.

Such polluted air may cause respiratory diseases or can increase the susceptibility to such diseases later in their lives. 

Researchers checked schools in Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Denver, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis and San Antonio, and accounted 6 million students from more than 8000 schools.

This is indeed a major concern. It not only concerns the parents but should also concern the government because in future planning of transportation, roads and urban development, it would have to take care of the public health.

As school children spend lots of time in the school which accounts for 30 percent of their time, care is needed for their safety now and for the future. They inhale lots of traffic pollutants while at the school. Till now, the main focus on reducing pollution was on the homes. Schools have never been the prime attention, but as the scenario is evolving in a different manner, so the future planners needs to think of it in a more involved manner. The schools should be located far away from major highways.