[CPEO-BIF] New schools in Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Better testing urged for sites of new schools

By Kay Lazar
Boston Globe
November 13, 2005

In Boxford, a chemical often found in explosives recently turned up in
the drinking water of the Spofford Pond elementary school, reigniting
questions about potential contamination from a nearby capped landfill.

In Lynn, the $40 million Classical High School, built on a landfill six
years ago, is sinking into the ground. Repair estimates run as high as
$10 million.

In Salem, a $16 million renovation of the Witchcraft Heights Elementary
School three years ago uncovered tons of arsenic buried underneath the
site, forcing the city to scrounge for another $2 million for cleanup.

Now, the head of a new authority charged with overhauling the state's
school construction assistance program said he is likely to require
communities to test all sites for contamination long before the backhoes
roll in.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/11/13/better_testing_urged_for_sites_of_new_schools/

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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