[CPEO-BIF] Chino (CA) preschool

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Preschool site sparks questions

By Shelli DeRobertis
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
April 9, 2007

CHINO - Parents are questioning the safety of a proposed county 
preschool that will be built on land that once contained arsenic and lead.

"I wouldn't trust it," said Stephanie Rodriguez, mother of a 
preschooler. "Even if they cleaned it up and tested it, I still wouldn't 
send my kids there."

The San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools purchased 4.4 acres 
of land at 4562 and 4578 Philadelphia St. to build a preschool. An 
environmental investigation of the site found arsenic and lead present 
in the soil at levels higher than acceptable for human health.

The Department of Toxic Substances Control must now approve the removal 
of about 450 tons of arsenic-contaminated soil and nearly 45 tons of 
lead-contaminated soil before construction on the site can begin.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_5631732

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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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