[CPEO-BIF] "Teachers, students at contaminated PS 51 [Bronx, NY] faced increased risk of cancer ..."

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Teachers, students at contaminated PS 51 faced increased risk of  
cancer, says state Health Department report

Also points to problems with immune and central nervous systems, but  
stops short of backing claims of teacher Nancy Tomassi, who blamed  
lost pregnancy on effects of her exposure to toxic trichloroethylene,  
or TCE, in shuttered Bedford Park school.

By Jennifer H. Cunningham
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
July 1, 2013,

A new report on the health effects of exposure to a toxic chemical in  
a now-shuttered Bronx school appear to confirm what teachers and  
parents have been charging all along.

Those who worked and attended classes in the tainted Bedford Park  
building were placed at increased risk for health problems, it was  
revealed.

About 50 parents and teachers from Public School 51 attended a  
meeting Monday at St. Philip Neri School to discuss the findings  
discussed in a draft of the report with representatives from the  
Department of Education and the city and state health departments.

The draft said that kids and adults exposed to high levels of  
trichloroethylene, or TC E, were placed at minimal risk of developing  
cancer and other health problems - including dysfunctional immune and  
central nervous systems - associated with exposure.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/report-contaminated-school- 
appears-back-teacher-suit-article-1.1387538

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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