MOSCOW, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Russia's classroom are causing physical and psychological illnesses to children, the Moscow Times reported Monday.
Russian schoolchildren are increasingly at risk of coming down with physical and psychological illnesses because they study in cramped and poorly lit classrooms that sometimes fail to meet sanitary requirements, Gennady Onishchenko, head of the Federal Consumer Protection and Public Welfare Service told reporters.
Onishchenko said 16 percent of children under the age of 14 developed chronic diseases due to their classroom environment last year. The children developed chronic intestinal and psychological illnesses and even developed bad posture, he told reporters after receiving the results of a national survey of schools in preparation for the start of the new school year.
