[CPEO-BIF] Franklin Township (NJ) day care

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Agencies dropped the ball at Franklin Twp. day care

Opinion by Nora Craig
Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
August 10, 2006

For New Jersey residents, outrage seems normal when the Division of 
Youth and Family Services, now part of the new Department of Children 
and Families, is the regulatory body responsible.

As Franklin Township Mayor David Ferrucci commented during a committee 
meeting Tuesday, "It is important the organization responsible for 
licensing day cares includes environmental issues in its assessment 
prior to issuing approvals."

Citizens should be outraged at the events that led to the location of a 
day-care center in a former industrial building contaminated with mercury.

Regulations state that the children's agency has the authority to 
require environmental testing. Again, it appears, negligence by DYFS put 
our children in harm's way.

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/15239198.htm
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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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