2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 25 May 2007 16:58:29 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Pesticides at Paramus (NJ) school
 
Tainted soil found at Paramus school
Thursday,

By MICHAEL GARTLAND
The Record (NJ)
May 24, 2007

Soil unearthed at Paramus' West Brook Middle School contains pesticides at levels up to 39 times the state's safety guidelines.

Paramus school officials knew about the contamination in January, but did not attempt to notify parents until Wednesday when The Record started asking questions.

The soil was tested for contamination late last year and contains three pesticides that were banned by the federal government for health and environmental reasons in the 1980s.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk0OCZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NzEzOTYyNyZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM=


See also
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk0OCZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NzEzOTg5NiZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM=

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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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