[CPEO-BIF] Vapor testing at South Hill Elementary School, Ithaca, NY

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

[This article illustrates the different perspectives on vapor testing, 
between government agencies and impacted communities. - LS]

State finds satisfactorily low TCE levels at South Hill
Some parents want more testing at the elementary school

By Krisy Gashler
Ithaca Journal (NY)
September 6, 2007

ITHACA - Testing at South Hill Elementary School found "low levels” of 
TCE and other volatile organic compounds that the state departments of 
Health and Environmental Conservation say require no further investigation.

In a letter from the Department of Health to the Ithaca City School 
District sent Wednesday, the Department of Health asserted that "the low 
levels of VOCs detected in the samples collected from beneath the school 
do not indicate levels of contamination requiring further investigation."

Some parents at the school disagree, however, and insist that further 
testing of classroom air is necessary to safeguard the health of the 
children, teachers and staff at the school.

"The cost of testing and finding nothing is trivial compared to the cost 
of not testing and missing something," said Rich DePaolo, whose daughter 
is in third grade at South Hill. DePaolo is the parent who requested the 
testing that has just been completed.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070906/NEWS01/709060356/1002

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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>
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