From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Thu, 7 Dec 2017 08:14:32 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "Rochester Prep [NY] students worried about polluted school" |
Rochester Prep students worried about polluted school by Justin Murphy, Meghan Finery, and Steve Orr, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY) December 5, 2017 Scores of students from Rochester Prep High School left class Tuesday morning and marched in the rain to Rochester City School District headquarters in response to longstanding environmental concernsregarding their subleased building at 690 St. Paul Street. The building stands on a former Bausch + Lomb manufacturing site that was designated a brownfield in 2009 due to the presence of trichloroethylene, a carcinogenic chemical solvent that leaked from underground storage tanks. Separately, Monroe County employees who work in the building across St. Paul from the structure that houses the school were informed in recent weeks that the TCE spill has migrated under the street and is impacting their work space as well. The school district held a meeting with an array of stakeholders in November at which the state departments of Environmental and of Health both said the air and water are safe. … For the entire article, wee http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/12/05/rochester-prep-st-paul-rcsd-brownfield-tce/922745001/ See also http://www.whec.com/news/tce-rochester-prep-parents-upset-meeting-monday/4694203/ http://www.whec.com/news/rochester-prep-safety-questions-student-mayor-warren/4695808/ http://www.whec.com/news/tce-school-board-issues-rochester-prep-all-city-high-school/4696036/ http://www.whec.com/news/rochester-prep-concerns-students-stay-home/4697549/ -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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