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Schoolyard bully: Pollution risks in American schools

Two recently released reports underline the potentially deadly dangers that American students face--not from gangs of bullies or concealed firearms but on a largely ignored but growing problem: environmental contamination of school institutions.

By John Butler | Updated on January 31, 2010

Two recently released reports underline the potentially deadly dangers that American students face–not from gangs of bullies or concealed firearms but on a largely ignored but growing problem: environmental contamination of school institutions.

First, an Associated Press investigation found that the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country contains unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins. Second, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that caulk containing potentially harmful polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that was used in schools in the 1950s through the 1970s, and is still installed in buildings, could potentially put students at risk.

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