[CPEO-BIF] "Final report: Low levels of vapors found in schools, " Winston-Salem, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Final report: Low levels of vapors found in schools

by Arika Herron
Winston-Salem Journal (NC)
March 24, 2015 

School officials are looking to the future after more details emerged Tuesday from the results of environmental tests conducted at the Hanes and Lowrance middle schools campus last month.

The final report was presented to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education on Tuesday by Mid-Atlantic Associates, the Raleigh-based consulting firm hired to conduct indoor-air, outdoor-air and soil vapor tests to assess potential threats from groundwater contamination under the property.

Superintendent Beverly Emory said she hopes the report will be the starting point for deciding the property’s future.

“I’m hopeful the data gives us the power to discuss future possibilities” Emory said. “That’s a valuable piece of property.”

The test results, initially presented last month and reviewed Tuesday, indicated that the toxic plume beneath the schools is producing potentially hazardous vapors but that those are not entering the school buildings in significant levels.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/final-report-low-levels-of-vapors-found-in-schools/article_6ceee288-d29e-11e4-884e-2731d114e490.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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