Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:41:10 -0500
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Subject: Re: Residual Mercury in Schools
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Good morning, Jim--

You could try some of the schools in the Great Lakes area. This region is 
a little more sensitized to mercury as an environmental hazard due to the 
fish consumption guidelines (we do love our fish frys), and many people 
fish on the smaller lakes as well for recreation & dinner.

The warnings about how much fish is safe to eat for the various groups of 
the population are on the local news every time they are revised. The 
reports also usually indicate the contaminant responsible foe the 
guideline. 

Beth

Beth Shepard / Technical Compliance Specialist 
Regulatory Compliance 
6000 N. Teutonia Ave. / Milwaukee, WI 53209 / USA 
P: (414) 438-3850, x5471 
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Monona and colleagues,
 
I understand and appreciate your point.  I'm hoping that with nearly 
15,000 schools in the country that we'll find a couple with the 
"fortitude" to have a look and see if this is or is not a reasonable 
concern.  If NYC is not interested, we'll try Boston.  ... Jim
 
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Jim, 

The schools are already in a bind due to the finding of excessive levels 
of PCBs in the air from light ballasts, caulks, and other PCB-containing 
building materials.  Mayor Bloomberg is concerned about the expense of 
replacing the light ballasts when he already says they will have to lay 
off a few thousand teachers.

I think if you mentioned testing for residual airborne mercury to school 
administrators, they'd reach for the Valium and pitch your letter in the 
round file.

Monona

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The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI) is considering a project to evaluate 
the presence of residual amounts of mercury in middle, junior, and senior 
high schools.
  
If there are any schools in the New York City area which would like to 
participate, please contact me to discuss the project. ... Jim



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Good morning, Jim--

You could try some of the schools in the Great Lakes area. This region is a little more sensitized to mercury as an environmental hazard due to the fish consumption guidelines (we do love our fish frys), and many people fish on the smaller lakes as well for recreation & dinner.

The warnings about how much fish is safe to eat for the various groups of the population are on the local news every time they are revised. The reports also usually indicate the contaminant responsible foe the guideline.

Beth

Beth Shepard / Technical Compliance Specialist
Regulatory Compliance
6000 N. Teutonia Ave.
/ Milwaukee, WI 53209 / USA
P: (414) 438-3850, x5471

sigma-aldrich.com


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Monona and colleagues,
 
I understand and appreciate your point.  I'm hoping that with nearly 15,000 schools in the country that we'll find a couple with the "fortitude" to have a look and see if this is or is not a reasonable concern.  If NYC is not interested, we'll try Boston.  ... Jim
 
James A. Kaufman, Ph.D.
Chair, ICASE Committee on Safety in Science Education
International Council for Associations of Science Education

www.icaseonline.net

President/CEO

The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI)
A Nonprofit International Organization for
Safety in Science and Science Education

192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760-2252
508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 Skype: labsafe
Cell: 508-574-6264 Res: 781-237-1335
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In a message dated 3/25/2011 12:15:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu writes:
Jim,

The schools are already in a bind due to the finding of excessive levels of PCBs in the air from light ballasts, caulks, and other PCB-containing building materials.  Mayor Bloomberg is concerned about the expense of replacing the light ballasts when he already says they will have to lay off a few thousand teachers.

I think if you mentioned testing for residual airborne mercury to school administrators, they'd reach for the Valium and pitch your letter in the round file.

Monona

In a message dated 3/24/2011 11:55:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, JAKSAFETY**At_Symbol_Here**AOL.COM writes:

The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI) is considering a project to evaluate the presence of residual amounts of mercury in middle, junior, and senior high schools.
 
If there are any schools in the New York City area which would like to participate, please contact me to discuss the project. ... Jim


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