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EPA Supports Kids For Clean Air
In 2004, the "Kids for Clean Air" program will educate 20 classes representing about 600 4th and 5th grade students from low-income, high-asthma neighborhoods in San Diego County about the causes and effects of air pollution and how individuals can take action to make the air cleaner. The first day of the two-day program involves classroom presentations and discussion on how the human respiratory system works, what causes air pollution, how pollution damages the lungs, and how to protect one's health on smoggy days. The second day is centered on the Lung Express, a 40-foot natural-gas-powered bus with interactive lung and environmental health exhibits developed by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
The San Diego County Office of Education is a key partner in this project. Thanks to the EPA Environmental Education grant program for the $18,595 to make this program possible. For more information on the EPA's programs, go to http://www.epa.gov/enviroed
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