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by Daniel Duric, Newport Dispatch
North Country Union High School in Newport has postponed the start of the 2024-2025 school year due to ongoing PCB contamination issues. Originally scheduled to begin this coming week, the school year will now commence on September 3, with freshman orientation, followed by the first day for all students on September 4.
This delay, announced by Principal Chris Young in an email sent to parents on Thursday afternoon, is necessary to address the persistent PCB contamination in certain sections of the building. Although remediation efforts over the summer have reduced PCB levels in the C-wing, the B-wing still shows readings above the recommended safety thresholds.
PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are chemical compounds that were widely used in construction materials and electrical products until they were banned in the late 1970s due to their health risks. Exposure to high levels of PCBs can cause a range of health problems, including cancer and immune system issues.
The presence of these chemicals in school buildings has become a significant issue across the country, prompting widespread testing and remediation efforts.
“The delay will allow us to extensively plan for as smooth an opening as possible,” Young wrote. “Our staff returned from their summer break on Tuesday, and everyone has been hard at work adjusting their plans, and thinking about ways to make new learning spaces as inviting and welcoming as we can. Given the amount of collaboration and creativity from our staff thus far, we are going to have a great opening.”
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Categories: Education
“Persistent PCB contamination” —Might come off all that wasteful money they are getting Had to come from somewhere. Dirt on people’s footwear?
I smell more bonding coming from these fear tactics. What were these school leaders doing all summer and now find a problem.
This sounds like a new school project in the near future, just ask the Burlington taxpayers…………….
I am curious what the PCB source is. They were banned 45 years ago and were rarely used for a few years before that. I’m skeptical. Why all of a sudden does this become a crisis? The main source of PCB’s were ballasts in fluorescent light fixtures. The ballasts in these fixtures have been replaced multiple times over the years with non-PCB ballasts.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Never let a good crisis go to waste.
Forever chemicals, chem trails, PCBs, growth hormones in food, innoculations, toxic offgassing of insolation and carpets, Chinese drywall, etc, etc. Better living through chemistry. And this came out this week….slow, methodic poisoning = customers for life and a dumbed down society by design and for profit.
“The National Toxicology Program (NTP) released a long-awaited fluoridation report last week, reporting that fluoride levels at twice the recommended limit are linked to lower IQs in kids. “