New interactive map details students, schools in danger
One in three American schoolchildren attends school within the danger zone of a hazardous chemical facility, according to a report by the Center for Effective Government. The advocacy group has produced a new interactive map of the 48 lower states that illustrates the high-risk areas.
Data the facilities must provide to the Risk Management Program of the EPA was used in the study, which concluded that that 19.6 million children in public and private schools within the vulnerability zone of at least one chemical facility.