Media and News Articles on PCB Contamination in Schools
New York
Council says DOE Must Notify Parents about PCBs in Schools ... Dec, 20, 2011 xx
City Schools Rife with PCBs Linked to Cancer and More .. December 8, 2011
Light Fixtures Leaking Harmful PCBs Found in Over 700 Schools in NYC - Dec. 2011
New Concerns Over PCBS « CBS New York
Parents say timeline for toxin removal in local schools too slow ... Nov. 21, 2011
Tainted Soil to Be Removed Next to Westchester School ...New York Times July 4, 2005Environment: This Crusdaer Tilts at PCBs ... New York Times, July 10, 2005
City admits 19 schools toxic; no cleanup planned
Demand for Help on PCBs in Schools ... October 8, 2010
Ridding Schools of PCBs ... NY Times, February 11, 2011
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 SCAParents to City: Remove Toxic PCBs From Schools! ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle Sept. 2010
Parents and pols urge city for PCB testing at 740 schools across New York ... Sept. 2010
Ridding Schools of PCBs ... NY Times, February 11, 2011
Bronx School Is Latest Found With PCBs ... February 7, 2011Deal 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 ... 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
PCB Coalition for PCB-Free SchoolsCongressman 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
Kruger Introduces Legislation to Mandate PCB Testing in City Schools ... April 25, 2008
Crowley, Serrano Successfully Include PCB Cleanup in National Green Schools Initiative
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
PCB Q&A: How Toxins Ended Up in City Schools ,,, The Wall Street Journal
Committee on Education - New York City Council Hearing - November 18, 2011 -
Testimony by NYCOSH - David M. Newman, M.A., M.S. NYCOSH Industrial HygienistPCBs in Schools: What about School Maintenance Workers?
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
NYC Health Department Testimony
PCBs in Schools and Corporate Responsibility for Remediation: Yorktown Central School District v. Monsanto Company by Law Professor Valerie Watnick
Wall Street Journal
PCB Q & A: How Toxins Ended up in City Schools
PCBs Found in Fort Green School
Bronx School is Latest in City Found with PCBs
EPA Warns of PCB Risks in Schools - Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2010
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
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 ... Aug. 2011
Mahar Hall at SUNY Oswego has tested positive for PCB material in caulking ... State University Construction Fund.
New York State Education Department is looking to identify any and all completed projects that involved the removal caulk that hd been originally installed prior to 1977... General Building Contractors of New York State Sept 21, 2005 Page 3
NYC Department of Health 2008
Fact Sheet: PCBs in New York City School Buildings
NYC Department of Education 2008
Circular to Custodians Engineers and Building Managers
Westchester
School district close to PCB suit settlement ... December 20, 2009
PCBs from French Hill Elementary School sent to wrong dump, says EPA ... October 2007
Yorktown Board of Ed files lawsuit against PCB-makers ... North County News Oct 2007
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, 2005
Lawmakers Tackle PCB Testing Debate ... North County News August 10, 2005
PCB-containing caulk must be removed upon discovery ... EPA Response to Westchester County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz. Nov. 3, 2005
Kaplowitz to Head County Board's Investigation into Potential Harmful Effects of PCBs in Caulking & Other Materials... Westchester County Press Release
U.S. EPA Officials To Attend Kaplowitz' Next-In-A-Series of Meetings On PCB Contamination In Schools August 9, 2006
Tests reveal high PCB levels at French Hill School ... North County News September 2005In 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 Continues Investigation Into PCB Contamination in Schools ... May 2006
http://pcbfree.blogspot.com
Massachusetts
Fuming over PCB Levels ... December 15, 2011
Westport school board votes to hire PCB cleanup crew ... August 2, 2011Westport Middle School PCB porblem gets worse, town may need $100K fast ... July, 2011
Westport Discovers PCBs in Middle School ... June 20, 2011
Amid concerns, class resumes at Talbot ... September 26, 2011
PCB threat lurks in schools ... August 8, 2010
EPA should tackle PCBs, ASAP
Parents seek middle school PCB answers ... August 3, 2011Talbot Middle School to be closed through Thursday for PCB testing ... September 2011
Costs Mount for Estabrook PCB Work, Officials Mull Long-Term Solutions ... Sept. 2010
Superitendent Letter to Parents about Talbot Middle School TestingWestport School PCB clean-up will cost over $2 million dollars? ... August 8, 2011
Union Raps School PCB levels ... January 21, 2011
Environmental – PCBs – Statute of repose .. Massachusetts Lawyers WeeklyWesrport Middle School PCB porblem gets worse, town may need $100K fast ... July 2011
... Worcester Telegram & Gazette Inc... February 9, 2011
PCBs Put Schools in a Pickle
Letter from Superintendent of Worcester Public Schools to Parents and Staff
EAW Response to Superintendent of Worcester Public SchoolsPhotos of PCB caulking in Worcester Schools
Union official: 4 schools have PCB levels hundreds of times above limit ... January 2011
Funding an issue as PCB remediation continues at Estabrook School ... September 2010
Estabrook School District PCB NewsPCB Risk Feared at Older N.E. Schools
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
PCB concerns linger, but Estabrook students returning to classrooms .. . Oct. 2010
Funding an issue as PCB remediation continues at Estabrook School ... September, 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 and Other States
Opening of Columbus school still unresolved ... August 27, 2011
Highland Park School Project Deadline Depends On Winter Weather ... Nov. 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
Organization wants Arkansas Schools Tested for Toxins ... August, 2011PCBs in More than Just Transformers, Hydraulic Oil and Ballasts; should we be concerned with PCBs in Caulk, Paint & Sealants? ... Kohrman Jackson & Krantz PLL
Recovery - Clean seal and calk Peaf Panels on Buildings 9, 15, 30, 31, 45 and 49 at NASA Johnson Space Center
PCB contamination found in King County Youth Services Center Courthouse ... Aug. 2010
Caulk containing PCBs found in local buildings... KIROTV Seattle, Washington 2004
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 BureauUtility solid Waste Activities Group Letter To Lisa Jackson at EPA
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
Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM)
EPA Press Release - January 2010