[CPEO-BIF] Elmhurst (Queens, NY) school site

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Critics say Elmhurst school site too toxic

BY NICHOLAS HIRSHON
New York Daily News
October 30 2007

A building in an industrial area that will house three high schools next 
September could prove to be contaminated if toxic chemicals from a 
former factory nearby have seeped onto school grounds, an environmental 
expert said.

Walter Hang, president of Toxics Targeting Inc., which collects data on 
hazardous waste sites, said the longtime headquarters of Peerless 
Instruments Co. - a few blocks from the soon-to-open schools - poses a 
very serious threat.

Peerless, which makes precision instruments for aircraft and submarines, 
operated out of 90-15 Corona Ave. from 1947 until 1986. Contamination 
was found in its soil in 1989, but the dirt was never remediated, Hang said.

The mix of mercury, lead and other toxic chemicals underneath Peerless 
could easily travel the few short blocks to 45-10 94th St., where the 
city wants to put 1,600 students starting in September, Hang said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/queens/2007/10/30/2007-10-30_critics_say_elmhurst_school_site_too_tox-1.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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