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Lawmakers Are Trying — Again — to Halt PCB School Testing Program

Just under a year ago, the Vermont House Education Committee approved legislation that would have paused the state’s ambitious and logistically complex school testing program for toxic chemicals known ...
VTDigger

Scott administration proposes PCB testing slowdown as schools struggle to keep up

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School PCB Testing Program Will Continue After ‘Pause’ Bill Fizzles in Senate

A bill that would have triggered a pause of Vermont’s costly, time-intensive and disruptive program to test for and remove toxic PCB chemicals from older school buildings has died in the legislature.
VTDigger

With the administration’s support, path clears for potential pause on school PCB testing

Sunday, May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. It’s a day to take action and support the news organizations you value. Will you help keep us fiercely independent? Rep. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall, seen at the ...
WRAL

The evolving approach to PCBs at UNC System schools

Universities across the UNC System are becoming more proactive in addressing PCBs, after the closure of NC State's Poe Hall. Poe closed in November 2023 after the toxic chemicals were detected in the ...