[CPEO-BIF] Greenwich High School athletic fields, Greenwich, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Testing done at GHS fields

by Lisa Chamoff
Greenwich Time (CT)
August 27, 2012

Four of Greenwich High School's artificial turf fields have reopened  
after soil, groundwater and surface water were tested for toxic  
chemicals.

The fields were closed June 25 so the latest round of testing at the  
high school could be completed during the summer break. The soil was  
tested for polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, as well as volatile  
organic compounds, polynuclear aromatic compounds, metals, pesticides  
and petroleum hydrocarbons.

The results from the most recent round of testing will be released  
once the data is confirmed and evaluated, by late September or  
October, according to an update released Friday by the district.

Testing was also done during school breaks in December, February and  
April.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Testing-done-at-GHS- 
fields-3819187.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, 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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