Polyvinyl Chloride based Materials in Preschool Environments
Raquel Marichal-Lopez
Sustainable Interior Environments
About this Item
- Title
- Polyvinyl Chloride based Materials in Preschool Environments
- Contributor Names
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Marichal-Lopez, Raquel (Author)
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Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Sustainable Interior Environments (Degree granting institution)
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Campagna, Barbara (Thesis advisor)
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Kaplan, Susan M. (Thesis advisor)
- Date
- 2015
- Degree Information
- M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2015.
- Department: Sustainable Interior Environments.
- Advisors: Campagna, Barbara; Kaplan, Susan M.
- Abstract
- Health Problems for preschool children have recently been linked to environmental factors. Currently they're determining the content of products in the built environment and their link to health has been a growing concern. Using observations of a limited amount of local classrooms, surveys were conducted to establish the use of PVC based materials in the early childhood school environment. PVC based materials have been established as a serious health risk factor, especially to the vulnerable bodies of young children. Resulting information exposed not only the consistent use of these toxic materials but also lack of understanding related to specific ways that the children interacted with the materials. Without a significant effort healthier products could be employed if attention is paid to product materials ingredients and the means, extent, and type of exposure children have to theses materials.
- Subject
- Nursery schools
- Sustainable design
- Environmental health
- Polyvinyl chloride
- Sustainability
- Interior decoration
- Rights
- In Copyright
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- This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: etd_000120
- pqdiss: 1598983
- ISBN: 9781339049038
- Related Materials
- Also available from ProQuest
- Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 77-04.
- Language
- eng
- Publisher
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Citation
Marichal-Lopez, R. (2015). Polyvinyl Chloride based Materials in Preschool Environments [Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York]. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/352
Marichal-Lopez, Raquel. Polyvinyl Chloride Based Materials in Preschool Environments. 2015. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Master's thesis. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/352
Marichal-Lopez, Raquel. "Polyvinyl Chloride Based Materials in Preschool Environments." Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, 2015. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/352