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Toxic Free
Child Care
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 Minimizing exposure to pesticides and other toxic chemicals is critical for children, whose rapidly growing bodies are exceptionally vulnerable to the effects of pesticides and toxics.
Exposure to toxic chemicals may be linked to a number of illnesses. For example, childhood cancers are on the rise, as are environmentally related diseases like asthma, autism, attention and learning disorders and obesity.
Pesticides and other toxics also represent a health risk for child care workers, 99% of whom are women with an average age around 30. Given those demographics, it is quite common to find pregnant or nursing mothers working in child care, and reducing toxic chemicals is important to protect both the workers and their babies.
Despite the tremendous health risks, Toxic Free NC found in a 2008 survey of NC child care providers that high-risk broadcast pesticide applications are regularly used at the majority of child care facilities in our state.
That's why we're working with families, child care providers, schools and pest control companies to protect kids by reducing pesticides and other toxic chemicals in child care.
Call on Toxic Free NC for help getting pesticides and other toxics out of your child care center! Feel free to email us or call us toll-free at 1-888-NO-SPRAY.
We can provide the following assistance:
- Accredited training: We are accredited through the NC Division of Child Development to train child care providers on Integrated Pest Management (IPM), a common-sense approach to pests in children’s environments that focuses on pest prevention and least-toxic methods for pest control, both indoors and out. Contact us about providing IPM training to your child care center.
- Free help anytime: We are available to consult on an individual basis with parents and child care staff interested in making the switch to least-toxic IPM. Email us if you have questions about least toxic pest control.
- Contracting with a pest control company? Check out our guide How to Contract for Safer Pest Control in Child Care, and feel free to contact us with any questions.
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