[CPEO-BIF] Blood testing offered at New Bedford (MA) schools

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State offers to test teachers, Keith School neighbors for blood PCBs

By AUTUMN SPANNE
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA)
April 21, 2007

NEW BEDFORD - The state Department of Public Health has offered to 
conduct PCB blood testing for teachers at New Bedford High School and 
Keith Middle School, as well as for residents living in the vicinity of 
the schools.

The blood testing would be part of a state health assessment of people 
who live or work on and near land contaminated with PCBs and other 
toxins, according to Suzanne Condon, assistant DPH commissioner and 
director of its Center for Environmental Health.

"I've indicated that, yes, we'd be more than willing to do an 
assessment, but in order to do the best job of that it makes sense to 
gather a little more information," Ms. Condon told The Standard-Times 
yesterday.


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070421/NEWS/704210363

--


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


_______________________________________________
Brownfields mailing list
Brownfields@list.cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/brownfields