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First Posted: 02/23/11 04:24 PM Updated: 02/23/11 04:24 PM

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UPPER WEST SIDE -- Light fixtures that could be laced with toxic chemicals would be removed from public schools during the next 10 years, the city announced Wednesday.

The city said it would replace light fixtures at schools citywide, and make energy efficiency upgrades at 772 schools -- improvements that are expected to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions by more than 200,000 metric tons per year, according to a statement from the Department of Education.

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UPPER WEST SIDE -- Light fixtures that could be laced with toxic chemicals would be removed from public schools during the next 10 years, the city announced Wednesday. The city said it would replace ...
UPPER WEST SIDE -- Light fixtures that could be laced with toxic chemicals would be removed from public schools during the next 10 years, the city announced Wednesday. The city said it would replace ...
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bluguy8   11 minutes ago (10:54 PM)
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guess they want to make sure the kids have cancer so the ny hospitals have more cancer patients
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satanlite   14 hours ago (9:35 AM)
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Sounds like bipartisan­ship to me. What a concept.
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Euranya   14 hours ago (9:20 AM)
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...Yes, and the energy efficient compact fluorescen­t bulbs they will probably use to replace the old lights are loaded with mercury. It will probably take another ten years for officials to realize that one, though.
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Mark Cobb   15 hours ago (7:40 AM)
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This is perhaps the Mayor's long term plan to eliminate teachers??­?
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Lisa Shields   23 hours ago (12:10 AM)
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My husband has worked in PCB remediatio­n, and assorted other clean up concerns in the past as a scientist. If I may make an observatio­n?

When they were still building the World Trade Center, asbestos was banned. Since the buildings were nearly finished, it was decided to leave the asbestos there...af­ter all, it was most dangerous when airborne..­.so why stir it up? It was trapped inside the walls. Tons upon tons of it.

Then on one beautiful September morning in 2001...the unthinkabl­e happened.

Most of the powdery ash you see in the pictures after the Towers fell was loose Asbestos. And no...Dioxi­n is not the same...but it seems like a hell of a risk to take with the kids, and their teachers. "Someday" has the habit of being much too late.
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MikeyJaii   10:55 PM on 2/23/2011
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10 Years... Wow, what more can I say.
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LongTimeLiberal52   05:39 PM on 2/23/2011
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I must be confused, somehow...

Based on the miniscule chance that a waft of random smoke in the open air of Central Park or Coney Island MIGHT be harmful to random passersby, the City has passed a sweeping - and virtually immediate - ban on lighting up.

But hard evidence of cancer-cau­sing toxins in the buildings where our children are confined six to eight hours per day, a situation that can be addressed by changing LIGHT BULBS, is a problem the City can put off for up to 10 years??!!

Glad to know the powers-tha­t-be always have our best interests in mind...
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rosey7   06:49 PM on 2/23/2011
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LongTimeLi­beral52, This is a crime. Knowing you have a powerful carcinogen in your schools and not removing them asap is beyond belief especially for a city like NY. I'd understand it if it were Gov. Walker or a tea party type who doesn't believe in science but ... NYC? WOW! Mayor Bloomberg, pay for the removal yourself. You can afford it. And I know you are a good man who cares. So- step up!
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ReasonIsMyReligion   08:24 PM on 2/23/2011
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GREAT juxtaposit­ion!
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Tom22602   12 hours ago (11:31 AM)
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It's 772 schools. Which is 77 schools per year, or one school is completed every 4.7 days. Stuff does not happen over night.
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LongTimeLiberal52   5 hours ago (6:30 PM)
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Granted, Tom, it's a HUGE undertakin­g. In my youth, I worked summers maintainin­g the interiors and exteriors of the schools in my small, suburban district, so I understand that there's a lot of work involved.

My point, however, is that the City's focus - in the name of "health concerns" - MIGHT have been aimed at figuring out a better solution to carcinogen­s in schools than a 10-year plan. Why, a dedicated crew of 20, completing one school per 8-hour day, could accomplish this task in approximat­ely 2 years, let's say.

I know MY old crew could have.

And if public health is such a concern that we simply MUST take immediate steps to prevent even a whiff of cigarette smoke from somehow killing someone, even in the wind-swept outdoors of NYC, then Mr. Bloomberg needs to find a way - even if that means funding it himself, and letting the City spend a decade paying him back...
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