Uniting Neighbors in the Fight for Economic Justice
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PCBs may be present in approximately 750 NYC schools. But the DOE's only response is to test two more schools, next summer.
We cannot let the DOE sit back and wait for a whole year to test just two more schools, while our children, teachers, janitors and other school employees are exposed to a toxic chemical. NYCC is calling on the DOE to take real action to test the PCB levels in all schools that were built or renovated between 1950 and 1978 and to devise a SWIFT and COMPREHENSIVE plan to clean up schools that show a high level of PCBs.
Join the fight by signing the petition below.
PCBs are toxic chemicals that do not degrade and accumulate in the body. Children and pregnant women are more sensitive to PCBs than adults and repeated exposure has been linked to nervous and immune system effects and learning disabilities in children.. Inhalation of PCBs can cause asthma and other respiratory illnesses PCBs were heavily used in the construction of schools between 1950 and 1978 in window caulking and the ballasts in class room lighting.
We find it alarming that the DOE has not responded more aggressively to the discovery of high levels of PCBs in 3 NYC Public Schools. With approximately 750 NYC schools built or renovated between 1950 and 1978 (when PCBs were most widely used) we demand that the DOE tests the PCB levels in each and every one of these schools and devises a comprehensive plan to clean up all schools that test positive for a high level of PCB's.
We find it alarming that the DOE has not responded more aggressively to the discovery of high levels of PCBs in 3 NYC Public Schools. With approximately 750 NYC schools built or renovated between 1950 and 1978 (when PCBs were most widely used) we demand that the DOE tests the PCB levels in each and every one of these schools and devises a comprehensive plan to clean up all schools that test positive for a high level of PCB's.
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| 593 | Fri Feb 03 04:08:36 EST 2012 | Roopram Parhotam |
| 592 | Thu Feb 02 11:21:48 EST 2012 | Sunil Mohabir |
| 591 | Thu Feb 02 11:20:57 EST 2012 | Sunil Mohabir |
| 590 | Wed Jan 25 17:21:44 EST 2012 | Nichole Haughton |
| 589 | Wed Jan 11 14:38:44 EST 2012 | Beth Servetar |
| 588 | Wed Jan 11 10:57:38 EST 2012 | Eileen Bernhardi |
| 587 | Wed Jan 11 10:13:02 EST 2012 | Tawana Bostic |
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| 585 | Thu Sep 22 18:03:59 EDT 2011 | Jodi-Gay Cooper |
| 584 | Fri Sep 09 23:24:48 EDT 2011 | Jennie Rosario |
| 583 | Thu Sep 08 14:49:26 EDT 2011 | Sabrina Santiago |
| 582 | Thu Sep 08 11:31:53 EDT 2011 | Angela Marte |
| 581 | Thu Sep 08 11:09:17 EDT 2011 | Angela Marte |
| 580 | Thu Sep 08 06:38:48 EDT 2011 | Lillian Sequinot |
| 579 | Thu Sep 08 01:11:42 EDT 2011 | Christine Rodriguez |
| 578 | Thu Sep 08 01:11:41 EDT 2011 | Christine Rodriguez |
| 577 | Thu Sep 08 01:11:38 EDT 2011 | Christine Rodriguez |
| 576 | Thu Sep 08 01:11:35 EDT 2011 | Christine Rodriguez |
| 575 | Wed Sep 07 22:32:50 EDT 2011 | Gilbert Baez |
| 574 | Wed Sep 07 22:32:30 EDT 2011 | Maria Rivera |
| 573 | Wed Sep 07 22:32:11 EDT 2011 | Jennie Rosario |
| 572 | Wed Sep 07 22:31:52 EDT 2011 | Cruz Robles |
| 571 | Wed Sep 07 22:31:19 EDT 2011 | Alex Rivera |
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