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:: Friday, May 07, 2004 ::
IMPROPER CLEANUP ALLEGED - Mercury in school
BY ELLEN YAN, New York Newsday
Mercury found by carpenters in a Brooklyn school was improperly wiped up with a towel by a clean-up crew and thrown in the trash, the carpenters' union charged yesterday.
In the dust and debris from ripping out rotting wood flooring, carpenters found about a thimble-sized amount of mercury in two spots of an old science lab at JHS 166 on Wednesday of last week. The room was being used as an office.
But while a School Construction Authority abatement crew was sent in, little else was done until this past Wednesday, when workers balked at orders to go back in, the union said.------------------------------------------- posted 4:59 PM :: reference link ::
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