Parents say timeline for toxin removal in local schools too slow ... November 21, 2011
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest representing New York Communities for Change filed a Notice of Intent to Sue the NYC Department of Education and School Construction Authority under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ... August 18, 2011
Organziation wants Arksansas Schools Tested for Toxins... August 10, 2011
Parents seek middle school PCB answers ... August 3, 2011
Westport school board votes to hire PCB cleanup crew ... August 2, 2011
Wesrport Middle School PCB porblem gets worse, town may need $100K fast ... July 19, 2011
Westport Discovers PCBs in Middle School ... June 20, 2011
Ridding Schools of PCBs ... NY Times, February 11, 2011
PCB Q&A: How Toxins Ended Up in City Schools ,,, The Wall Street Journal
PCBs Put City Schools in a Pickle ... Worcester Telegram & Gazette Inc. February 9, 2011
Bronx School Is Latest Found With PCBs ... February 7, 2011
Union raps school PCB levels ... January 21, 2011
EPA Warns of PCB Risks in Schools - Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2010
PCBs in Schools: What about School Maintenance Workers?
Demand for Help on PCBs in Schools ... October 8, 2010
Costs Mount for Estabrook PCB Work, Officials Mull Long-Term Solutions ... September 15 2010
Parents to City: Remove Toxic PCBs From Schools! ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle September 10, 2010
Parents and pols urge city for PCB testing at 740 schools across New York ... September 2, 2010
PCB threat lurks in schools ... August 8, 2010
EPA's Rejection of NYC DOE's Remedial Investigation Work Plan (RIWP)
EPA's Consent Agreement with NYC School Construction Authority
Bronx Borough President Diaz's letter to EPA about Advanced notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM)
EPA Press Release - January 2010
EPA's new website on PCBs in caulk ... September 25, 2009
EPA Air Exposure Tool
PCB Coalition for PCB-Free Schools
PCB risk feared at older N.E. schools
EPA should tackle PCBs, ASAP
PCBs in Schools and Corporate Responsibility for Remediation: Yorktown Central School District v. Monsanto Company by Law Professor Valerie Watnick
City admits 19 schools toxic; no cleanup planned
Letter to EPA adminstrator Lisa Jackson from New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
Bronx mother Naomi Gonzalez sues city over PCBs in public school buildings
Media Release regarding Bronx mother suing NYC over PCBs in public School buildings
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest's Communication to EPA Director Lisa Jackson regarding lawsuit against NYC DOE and SCA
Utility Solid Waste Activities Group Letter to Lisa Jackson at EPA
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Crowley, Serrano Successfully Include PCB Cleanup in National Green Schools Initiative
SEC. 103. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS.
A local educational agency receiving a grant under this title shall use the grant for modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, including--
(1) repairing, replacing, or installing roofs, including extensive, intensive or semi-intensive green roofs, electrical wiring, plumbing systems, sewage systems, lighting systems, or components of such systems, windows, or doors, including security doors;
(2) repairing, replacing, or installing heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems, or components of such systems (including insulation), including indoor air quality assessments;
(3) bringing public schools into compliance with fire, health, and safety codes, including professional installation of fire/life safety alarms, including modernizations, renovations, and repairs that ensure that schools are prepared for emergencies, such as improving building infrastructure to accommodate security measures;
(4) modifications necessary to make public school facilities accessible to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), except that such modifications shall not be the primary use of the grant;
(5) asbestos or polychlorinated biphenyls abatement or removal from public school facilities;
N.Y.S. State Assemblymember Rosenthal introduces bill to mandate testing for
PCBs in schools
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New York
NY Times
Ridding Schools of PCBs ... NY Times, February 11, 2011
Tainted Soil to Be Removed Next to Westchester School ...New York Times July 4, 2005
Environment: This Crusdaer Tilts at PCBs ... New York Times, July 10, 2005
New York Daily News
Parents and pols urge city for PCB testing at 740 schools across New York ... September 2, 2010
Deal between city, feds to deal with PCB toxins in school windows will stir up big problems ... January 24, 2010
Toxic fight over schools in Bronx ... NY Daily News, April 14, 2009
Bronx Mother to sue over toxic caulk in NYC schools ... Daily News March 26, 2009
Toxin found in School Buildings - News probe turns up hazardous PCBs ...
Daily News April 7, 2008
Probe urged after News finds toxin in school buildings ... Daily News April 8, 2008
PCBs found at two more schools ... Daily News April 9, 2008
School bigs talk ABCs of PCBs ... Daily News April 9, 2008
Councilman Gennaro blasts Education Department on PCBs ... Daily News April 10, 2008
City Inactive as Kids Learn at Toxic Sites ... Daily News April 22, 2008
"Long Way to Go" on PCBs in Schools ... Daily News April 30, 2008
Parents, elected officials demand EPA rid Manhattan school of banned toxins ... Daily News May 19, 2008
Reps. Joseph Crowley and Jose Serrano urge federal aid for PCB cleanup ... Daily News June 6, 2008
NY1
Congressman Calls For Federal Check-Up Of School's Alleged PCBs...May 18, 2006
P.S. 53 Parents Express PCB Concerns ... May 01, 2008
Emergency Council Meeting Sees Whether PCBs Threaten City Schools ... April 30, 2008
DOE To Re-Test Bay Terrace School For PCBs ... April 28, 2008
Department Of Health Says PCB Levels Normal In City Schools ... April 7, 2008
Committee on Education -
New York City Council Hearing - November 18, 2011
Testimony by NYCOSH - David M. Newman, M.A., M.S.
NYCOSH Industrial Hygienist
The New York City Council’s Environmental Protection; Oversight and Investigations; and Education Hearings on April 29, 2008
Dr. Daniel Lefkowitz: Powerpoint Presentation and written testimony
Miranda Massie and David Palmer: New York Lawyers For The Public Interest
Dr. Robert Herrick Harvard School of Public Health
NYC Health Department Testimony
The Wall Street Journal
PCB Q&A: How Toxins Ended Up in City Schools
PCBs Found in Fort Greene School
Bronx school is latest in city found with PCBs
NY Lawyers For the Public Interest, Inc.
Community group sues NYC schools over toxic light fixtures ... July 21, 2011
PCB Lighting in NYC Schools: Dangerous, Inefficient and Obsolete
Statement From Attorney Miranda Massie from New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
PCBs In New York City Schools Fact Sheet
Link to NY Lawyers For the Public Interest, Inc.
Westchester Media
North County News
School district close to PCB suit settlement ... December 20, 2009
PCBs from French Hill Elementary School sent to wrong dump, says EPA ... October 11, 2007
Yorktown Board of Ed files lawsuit against PCB-makers ... North County News Oct 11, 2007
Click here to view legal complaint: http://www.pcbinschools.org/PCB%20Lawsuit.htm
PCB Contamination shuts down Ben Frankln School ... North County News July 23, 2008
Westchester County Health Department Closes Ben Franklin School ... July 18, 2008
Lackluster Response on PCBs Criticized ... North County News, Nov. 23 - Nov. 29, 2005
Lawmakers Tackle PCB Testing Debate ... North County News August 10, 2005
Tests reveal high PCB levels at French Hill school ... North County News September 14, 2005
Local schools pegged with PCB contamination ... North County News May 24, 2006
Resident's soil sample spurs investigation ... North County News January 26, 2005
Elevated PCB levels found at French Hill ... North County News Feb. 2. 2005
Channel 12 News
PCB Contamination at Ben Franklin School July 21, 2008
Windows Media Video
Quicktime Video
Westchester Journal News
School district to clean-up PCBs discovered by parent ... Westchester Journal News July 10, 2005
In the case of PCBs in caulk, the matter is complicated by the fact that few studies have been done on their ability to contaminate the buildings they are in and the people who inhabit them ... Journal News, November 27, 2005
PCBs found in elementary school soil ... The Journal News, January 29, 2005
PCBs found in schools' caulk raise big concerns ... Journal News August 11, 2006
Contaminated soil prompts call for research on PCBs. Westchester County lawmakers this week asked officials from the EPA and the county health commissioner to research the health effects of PCBs found in caulk and other commercial building materials, a move prompted by the discovery and removal of contaminated soil at French Hill Elementary School in Yorktown. Legislator Kaplowitz, D-Somers, acknowledged that the effort was exploratory only, but noted lawmakers' interests in trying to limit PCB contamination in the air and elsewhere as schools, hospitals and other buildings go through renovations. A follow-up meeting is expected next month ... The Journal News August 11, 2005
PCB-containing caulk must be removed upon discovery ... EPA Response to Westchester County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz. Nov. 3, 2005
In the case of PCBs in caulk, the matter is complicated by the fact that few studies have been done on their ability to contaminate the buildings they are in and the people who inhabit them ... Journal News, November 27, 2005
Kaplowitz to Head County Board's Investigation into Potential Harmful Effects of PCBs in Caulking & Other Materials... Westchester County Press Release
Westchester County Legislator Michael B. Kaplowitz (D-I-WF, Somers), will be hosting his 3rd-in-a-series of meetings regarding the potentially harmful effects of PCB-laden caulk and other industrial materials, at 3pm this Wednesday, August 9th, at a meeting of the Environment & Energy Committee. U.S. EPA officials will be in attendance. ... U.S. EPA Officials To Attend Kaplowitz' Next-In-A-Series of Meetings On PCB Contamination In Schools August 9, 2006
Test results showing contamination at two more schools will be released at
Monday’s Environment & Energy Committee meeting ... Kaplowitz Continues Investigation Into PCB Contamination in Schools May 22, 2006
Massachusetts
Amid concerns, class resumes at Talbot ... September 26, 2011
Talbot Middle School to be closed through Thursday for PCB testing ... September 18, 2011
Superitendent Letter to Parents about Talbot Middle School Testing
Columbus School Fails Air Quality Test ... August 30, 2011
Finance Board Gets Update on Westport Schools PCBs ... August 18, 2011
No vote on PCB cleanup money at Town Meeting ,,, August 10, 2011
School committee hires cleanup company ... August 10, 2011
Did you know that the Westport School PCB clean-up will cost over $2 million dollars? ... August 8, 2011
Westport school board votes to hire PCB cleanup crew ... August 2, 2011
Public meeting scheduled about school contamination ,,, July 22, 2011
Environmental – PCBs – Statute of repose .. Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Wesrport Middle School PCB porblem gets worse, town may need $100K fast ... July 19, 2011
Westport Discovers PCBs in Middle School ... June 20, 2011
PCBs Put Schools in a Pickle ... Worcester Telegram & Gazette Inc... February 9, 2011
Letter from Superintendent of Worcester Public Schools to Parents and Staff
EAW Response to Superintendent of Worcester Public Schools
Photos of PCB caulking in Worcester Schools
Union official: 4 schools have PCB levels hundreds of times above limit ,,, January 20, 2011
Union raps school PCB levels ... January 21, 2011
Town Meeting votes to replenish budgets after PCB spending ,,, November 16, 2010
PCB concerns linger, but Estabrook students returning to classrooms on Nov 9 ... October 27, 2010
Funding an issue as PCB remediation continues at Estabrook School ... September 29, 2010
Estabrook School District PCB News
Estabrook School Indoor Environmental Concerns ... September 6, 2010
PCB levels shut Lexington school .. Sept. 3, 2010
PCBs found at site of pool ... June 13, 2010
Traces of PCBs in town buildings ... May 20, 2010
Berkshire Community College and state officials have a more defined plan to handle and dispose of polychlorinated biphenyls found in the caulking of some campus buildings, and they also say the fix will cost the state $5 million ... Berkshire Eagle Sept. 2009
WORCESTER — The city teachers union has raised concerns that Doherty Memorial High School may have elevated levels of a known carcinogen within its window caulking Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp. June 23, 2009
In late June, the EPA approved a $2 million dollar cleanup project that will decontaminate the buildings outdoor caulking, replace contaminated carpeting in the buildings library, and remove PCBs that have seeped into the asphalt and soil below the tower ... Daily New Hampshire Gazette July 6, 2007
On July 12, PCBs were found at 133,000 to 723,000 parts per million (ppm) in the sealant on the Lederle building, and in the soil around the building at 1 to 42 ppm ... Daily New Hampsire Gazette August 12, 2006
Soil contamination due to caulk at MIT... MIT Information Sheet #2 Sept. 2006
& MIT Information Sheet
MIT Information Sheet #7 March 6, 2008
MIT Information Sheet #8 July 2, 2008
MSDS for encapuslation of contaminated masonry at MIT
Westgate at MIT PCB Abatement Blog
MIT Town Hall Meeting Notes
September 2006 Read both information sheets from MIT MIT Information Sheet #2 Sept. 2006 & MIT Information Sheet
Two buildings will require the implementation of an approved abatement and remediation plan to remove PCB containing caulk and associated materials in contact with the caulking .... Preliminary Report of Building Related PCB Assessment, LGRC UMass Amherst Oct. 2006
Source of PCBs ID'd in school ... The Standard Times August 31, 2006
Pro hired to assess PCBs ... The Republican
Plan being created for disposal of PCBs found in Lederle repairs ... University of Massachusetts
PCBs in Building Materials: Is My Project at Risk? Woodward and Curran Fall 2006
Environmental Remediation Technologies ... NASA Kennedy Space Center
Although not commonly known to be a concern in Canada or the USA, many North American companies, banks and law firms have encountered PCB joint putty issues when working on multi-national portfolios, or with European based entities ... Golder Associates
Some caulking may be linked to cancer, Harvard study finds ...boston.com News July 21, 2004
We uncover hidden dangers inside some buildings ... Eyewitness News WPRI
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are showing up in more places than you would think ... Woodward and Curran
PCB-Containing Caulk: A Widely Overlooked Hazard ... Marcor Environmental
Connecticut
Highland Park School Project Deadline Depends On Winter Weather ... November 14, 2011
Opening of Columbus school still unresolved ... August 27, 2011
Officials pressing for late-August Columbus School opening ... ctpost.com July 29, 2011
The Connecticut Technical High School System will test caulk at 12 of its older, un-renovated buildings for the presence of PCBs ... New Haven Register February 6, 2010
Connecticut Department of Health Technical Brief... 2010
PCBs found in window caulking during Columbus School renovation ... May 25, 2010
Ohio Real Estate Blog
PCBs in More than Just Transformers, Hydraulic Oil and Ballasts; should we be concerned with PCBs in Caulk, Paint & Sealants? ... Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL
NASA
Recovery - Clean seal and calk Peaf Panels on Buildings 9, 15, 30, 31, 45 and 49 at NASA
Johnson Space Center.
Washington
PCB contamination found in King County Youth Services Center courthouse ... August 19, 2010
Caulk containing PCBs found in local buildings... KIROTV Seattle, Washington 2004
Rhode Island
The University of Rhode closed the Chafee Social Science building, the largest facility on the ingston Campus, in December 2000 based on test results that show elevated levels of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in soil outside and in sections inside of the high rise office building. ... University of Rhode Island News Bureau
Foreign News
Banned building compound PCB could be causing a health risk to residents and workers in buildings were it was used ... Copenhagen Post Online April 2009
Podiatry Management
NY DPM Forces First PCB School Cleanup in State ... Podiatry Management July 6, 2005
