I remember asbestos all to well. Worked on more schools and government buildings in which the abatement caused more of a problem than leaving i t in place - rip-'n-runs, bankruptcies, etc. Be cautious what you attem pt. PCBs were also used in suspended ceilings and plastic flame retardant an d plasticizers - basic building wiring? How about lead in paint - still allowed in military applications. Any air samples take to evaluate potential risk?? Lynn Knudtson ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Long, Don"To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] NY School Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:28:27 -0600 Gotta start somewhere. Anybody remember asbestos?? Removal of that has created an entire indust ry. Don A. Long STS, CAIH Southwest Research Institute Laboratory Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility PO Box 20130 White Hall, AR 71612 870-541-4930 -----Original Message----- From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu]On Behalf Of Redden, Patricia Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 3:06 PM To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] NY School Thanks - I did indeed mean "before" 1979. This just seems to be the sam e mentality that says if you have very intact paint on your walls but so me of the underlayers are lead-based, you must remove the lead-based pai nt. Pat -----Original Message----- From: DCHAS-L Discussion List on behalf of ACTSNYC**At_Symbol_Here**CS.COM Sent: Mon 1/10/2011 3:37 PM To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] NY School Pat, I think you meant to say built "before" 1979. I was at one of those pub lic meetings. And actually, this is their strategy to save money. And I th ink it is probably wrong headed. Yes, the light balasts before this date usually did contain PCBs and the y are getting airborne. But to just deal with this and not the fact that about 30% of latex paints before this contained them, most of the old caulks d id, many plastics and more, my concern is they are going to remove the balas ts, declare the problem over, and leave some schools still with high PCB lev els from other sources. Monona In a message dated 1/10/2011 1:02:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, PREDDEN**At_Symbol_Here**SPC.EDU writes: > > Am I crazy thinking this is overkill, that you automatically need a > complete lighting retrofit if the school was built after 1979? > > > http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/10/meeting-held-to-discuss-s-i-sch ool-chemical-problem/ > > Pat > > ____________________________________________________________ Obama Urges Homeowners to Refinance If you owe under $729k you probably qualify for Obama's Refi Program http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4d2c64f938998b1734dst03vuc
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