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Category Archives: PCBs in NYC Schools
New York City Creates Plan to Remove PCBs in Schools
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been conducting a pilot program since January to test for polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs in New York City schools when in 2010 tests found the presence of PCBs in schools. The EPA has …
PCBs Found in Three More NYC Schools
PCBs, polychlorinated biphenyls, have been discovered in three more New York City schools. To date, spot checks of New York City schools by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have turned up PCBs leaking from light ballasts in all five …
Brooklyn, New York: PCBs in Schools
First discovered in Staten Island schools… PCBs have now been discovered in Brooklyn school buildings. PCBs, in schools built before 1979, have been detected within the light ballasts. The EPA tested 28 samples in the Brooklyn school and found that …
PCB Problem at One Staten Island School Fixed, New York City Says
Tests previously revealed dangerous PCB levels on floor tiles at PS 36; however, recent samples from the two impacted classrooms revealed levels below the standards set forth by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said WNYC. Sam Pirozzolo, president of Community …
EPA and NYC PCB Pilot Program Indicates Contamination in City Schools
The New York City Department of Education—with the City of New York (City) and the New York City School Construction Authority (SCA)— reached an agreement earlier this year with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 (EPA) regarding assessment and …
Three New York City schools found with unsafe levels of PCBs
Three New York City schools, which have been tested for PCBs, have higher-than-acceptable levels of the dangerous toxins. The schools—P.S. 199, located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side; P.S. 178, which is on Bronx’s Baychester Avenue; and P.S. 309, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, …
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