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 JAKSAFETY**At_Symbol_Here**AOL.COM Sent by: DCHAS-L Discussion List03/25/2011 09:16 AM Please respond to DCHAS-L Discussion List To DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU cc Subject Re: [DCHAS-L] Residual Mercury in Schools 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 jim**At_Symbol_Here**labsafetyinstitute.org www.labsafetyinstitute.org P We thank you for printing this e-mail only if it is necessary 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 This message and any files transmitted with it are the property of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the person or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. text/html;
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.netPresident/CEO
The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI)
A Nonprofit International Organization for
Safety in Science and Science Education192 Worcester Road, Natick, MA 01760-2252
www.labsafetyinstitute.org
508-647-1900 Fax: 508-647-0062 Skype: labsafe
Cell: 508-574-6264 Res: 781-237-1335
jim**At_Symbol_Here**labsafetyinstitute.org
P We thank you for printing this e-mail only if it is necessary
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
This message and any files transmitted with it are the property of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the person or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited.
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