[CPEO-BIF] Kiddie Kollege, Franklin Township, NJ "should be demolished"

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

DEP: Demolish Kiddie Kollege

By Stephanie Brown
Gloucester County Times (NJ)
February 5, 2008

FRANKLIN TWP. Kiddie Kollege, the day care center where children were 
unknowingly exposed to mercury contamination, should be demolished 
according to a report released by the state Department of Environmental 
Protection late last week.

The report details the extent of mercury contamination at the former 
thermometer factory turned day care center, saying that airborne mercury 
concentrations greatly exceeded the state's acceptable standard.

However, the state Department of Health and Senior Services, which 
tested students for elevated mercury levels in 2007, said that the 
report doesn't warrant any additional testing of those who were exposed 
something parents believe is necessary for their children's health.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1202191811285710.xml&coll=8

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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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