[CPEO-BIF] Lawsuit at vapor intruded Bronx (NYC) school

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former Teacher's Aide Claims Toxins At P.S. 51 Gave Her Cancer

NY1 News
December 9, 2011

A lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a building that once  
housed a toxic school.

Rhonda Rivera worked as a teacher's aide at P.S. 51 in the Bronx for  
19 years. According to the suit, she suffers from liver and  
pancreatic cancer and claims it’s because of her exposure to toxins  
at the school.

The building was once a lamp factory before it was leased to the city  
and used for classrooms for nearly two decades.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/152284/former-teacher-s-aide- 
claims-toxins-at-p-s--51-gave-her-cancer

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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