HERO UPDATE: Robina Suwol

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Schwarzenegger signs Suwol’s co-sponsored Assembly Bill
posted: 10/19/2005

A finalist in the "Environment" category of the 3rd Annual Volvo for life Awards, Robina Suwol and her organization just achieved a new milestone: Governor Schwarzenegger, who has portrayed heroes on film, became a real hero to more than six million children and hundreds of thousands of teachers and school employees. He has just signed Assembly Bill AB 405, banning the use of experimental pesticides in California Schools.

AB 405, authored by Assembly member Cindy Montanez and sponsored by Robina Suwol’s organization, California Safe Schools, prevents the use of experimental pesticides in K–12 public schools. It protects children, teachers, and school employees from exposure to potentially dangerous chemicals. The Los Angeles Unified School District has already committed to implementing the bill’s measures, and currently employs significant policies to protect students from chemical exposure.

Suwol extended congratulations to the many who helped pass the bill. Upon the signing of AB 405, Suwol stated, "California Safe Schools is extremely grateful to Governor Schwarzenegger, Assembly member Montanez, the California Legislature, and many supporters for ensuring that California's most vulnerable population will now be protected.”

AB 405’s many endorsers included the California Medical Association, California State PTA, California School Boards Association, California Teachers Association, Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America, Los Angeles Unified School District, Learning & Disabilities Association of America, California Communities Against Toxics, California Environmental Rights Alliance, Sierra Club, California League of Conservation Voters, and the Environmental Health and the Environmental Justice Community. In thanking each of the groups, Suwol added, "Children count on adults to protect them. With the signature of AB 405, we have taken a step toward fulfilling that responsibility.”