Endocrine Disruptors Briefing Book, Attachments Index/Links |
| This is the attachment list for an ED Briefing Book for Elected Officials. This section was first issued to the Jacksonville City-Duval County School Board at their meeting on Aug. 03, 1999. (Florida, USA) |
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Multiple schools in Duval County have dioxin or other endocrine disrupters on
the school property or on adjoining/adjacent property or in residential areas which supply
students.
Multiple schools have a grade of an "F" or "D" on a grading system from the State of Florida. 52% of children drop out of the Duval School System before 12th grade graduation. (Supporting Information: See Times Union newspaper link on this 52% issue at bottom of this page). |
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Dioxin toxic has been found on adjoining/adjacent property to school, well above the
levels linked to fetal learning disorder birth defects that occur in the womb. These levels are 55
times unsafe levels, if one uses the ATSDR Health Assessment "Screening Value," if a pitiful
1/10 safety factor is used in the calculation. (1/100 safety factor is used by a number of
environmentalists).
Dioxin causes certain cognitive deficits-ADHD. Eliminate endocrine disruptors like dioxin and save $4,000/year/household on unnecessarily high Medicare and private medical insurance, disability taxes and extra income taxes to make up for taxes not paid by unnecessarily disabled people. |
| School yard dioxin levels and residential neighbor dioxin levels GREATLY exceed by over 2,700,000 times safe levels for damaging fetuses in pregnant women ("cognitive deficits"). Dioxin attached to fine dust can pass directly through lung tissue into the blood and into organs and the fetus. This is based on tests on animals that were also used to test prescription drugs for safety. The unsafe level was found to be 1.26 parts per trillion dioxin.....a concentration about equal to 1 grain of salt in an Olympic sized swimming pool. |
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See Unsafe Ratios attachment link below.
A link below, EPA "EDSTAC Overview" is a general overview of why the US Federal Government is spending $100 million on a pilot program to identify endocrine disrupting chemicals which some people have know about for over 100 years. |
| Cover Sheet, Letter and Main Attachments: |
| ED Briefing Book Cover Sheet, Letter and Summary Attachments: |
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| Additional Attachments: |
| [Above was received by Duval County School Board and School Board Superintendent from George C. Jeffrey] |
| Additional Overview Supporting Information: |
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CDC ATSDR Literature Review PCB Toxicity
http://sites.netscape.com/georgecjeffrey/Cdcpcb 52% do not graduate: http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/012999/met_2b1Gradu.html |
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EPA EDSTAC Overview |