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Industrial pollution is a severe problem in Indonesia, and it has a huge impact on achieving a sustainable society. Nevertheless, Indonesian students are not well prepared to protect themselves from it. This study aims to clarify the extent to which Indonesian school education can contribute to the transformation of behaviors against industrial pollution health hazards. This study analyzes school curriculum and textbooks in Indonesia to investigate whether the curriculum and textbooks affect students’ behaviors against industrial pollution health hazards. The results show that the knowledge aspect was better complemented than expected. However, there is a lack of systematic investigation, which is a challenge for improving students’ behaviors against industrial pollution health hazards. This study shows that once the lack of systematic investigation is overcome, Indonesian curriculum and textbooks could become an excellent medium to contribute to students’ behaviors against industrial pollution health hazards, thus securing their health rights.

Even though the outbreak of sick school syndrome (SSS) and multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) in schools has recently been recognized as an issue, no sufficient countermeasures have yet been developed to deal with the health hazards as risk management. This study aim is to clarify the issues found in the model of risk management applied by the MEXT and in risk communication, which is the mainstay of risk management to ensure the safety of children, based on a case study of a school that suffered from chemical sensitivity, and to make suggestions for the improvement of the risk management guidelines in the future.