[CPEO-BIF] "Hanes, Lowrance middle schools to remain empty, " Winston-Salem, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hanes, Lowrance middle schools to remain empty
Tests show vapor levels higher in soil than buildings

by Arika Herron
Winston-Salem Journal (NC)
February 26, 2015 

Hanes and Lowrance middle schools will stay empty next year while school officials decide how to address the threat of toxic vapors that tests conducted earlier this month found in significant levels in the soil below the schools but not inside classrooms.

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education voted 7-1 Thursday night to keep students off of the campus for the 2015-16 school year, instead keeping Lowrance students at Atkins High School and putting all Hanes students on the former Hill Middle School site.

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Forty-five indoor-air samples were also collected, 31 of which corresponded to the location of the sub-slab tests. While PCE was detected in all 45 of the tests, it was found in concentrations far below screening limits. TCE was found in nine rooms, also in concentrations below safety standards. Will Service, an environmental toxicologist with Mid-Atlantic Associates, said the PCE detected was comparable to what is often found inside buildings without a subsurface source, like groundwater contamination.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/hanes-lowrance-middle-schools-to-remain-empty/article_41334266-be34-11e4-bf0e-f761aec7e208.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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