[CPEO-BIF] PS 65, Ozone Park, Queens, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Gas Leak Stirs Worry Over School's Health


By THERESA JUVA
Queens Tribune (NY)
December 28, 2006

A recent carbon monoxide leak at PS 65 in Ozone Park gave some parents 
another reason to call it the "toxic school" after memories surfaced 
from recent years when the New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation discovered trichloroethylene (TCE) underneath the building. 
The material was used as a metal cleaner in an airplane part factory 
that previously existed about a block north of the school.

The most recent toxic vapor incident occurred Dec. 12. Department of 
Education spokeswoman Marge Feinberg said health officials found high 
levels of carbon monoxide in the school on 99th Street early in the 
morning before students arrived.

"It had to do with the heating unit, but it was cleared up before 8 
a.m.," Feinberg said. Because the heating system needed repairs, the 
school was closed for the day, but the building was declared safe by 
health officials, Feinberg said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.queenstribune.com/news/1167353204.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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