[CPEO-BIF] "NYSDOH Yields Little for PS 51 Parents, Staff, " Bronx, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NYSDOH Yields Little for PS 51 Parents, Staff

By Justin McCallum
Norwood News (NY)
April 25, 2014

State health officials are shying away from a proposed health study  
for students, parents and teachers affected by a toxic building that  
once housed PS 51 The New Bronx School.

Parents were discouraged at a meeting on April 24th, where state  
Health Department scientist James Bowers attempted to convince  
parents that a study may not be the next best step for the community,  
but rather more outreach and education on trichloroethylene (TCE).  
The toxin and cancer-causing carcinogen was found in the public  
school building on 3200 Jerome Avenue at up to 10,000 times higher  
than acceptable levels.

Bowers told the audience he was not there to propose a health study,  
but rather inform them what the health agency could do with its  
limited resources. He said no study could provide a causal link  
between TCE exposure and serious health issues.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.norwoodnews.org/id=14503&story=nysdoh-yields-little-for- 
ps-51-parents-staff/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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