Thursday, April 17, 2008

Cleaning schools of PCBs

One of the main issues that I have heard is how does a school that has been found to have PCBs in the dust keep itself clean in a way that will ensure the PCB contaminated dust is minimized on an ongoing basis. NY city officials have said that no special chemicals or materials are needed only soap and water to wet wipe up the dust and a vacuum cleaner with a proper filter since sweeping only moves the dust around and kicks it up into the air creating a more hazardous environment. Well, according to the NYC Department Of Education's general facilities cleaning plan, sweeping is the primary way to clean up floors and not by using vacuums. I think someone needs to take a closer look at this and make some changes.

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