March 31
...serving up your daily dish.
It turns that high-noon showdown between Bloomfield health sheriff Weigle and Bloomfield schools deputy Dowd took place today -- not yesterday, as we'd reported. Not only did these two meet, they brought their posses, um, consultants.
Weigle is guardedly satisfied that the measures agreed upon during the several-hour meeting will stop, or at least amelioriate, the fume problem at Bloomfield High School.
"We've accomplished more today than we have since it started," Weigle said. "If these practices are put in place, I don't think there will be a public health nuisance."
Since late last year, the health department has responded to several dozen complaints that construction-related diesel fumes had leaked into classrooms at Bloomfield High, requiring temporary evacuations.
The most recent complaint came this morning.
March 31, 2005 in Controversy | Permalink
So let me get this straight:
The problem has been on-going for months, it affects not only health, but education as well. Though the "fumes" cause problems such as nausea, headaches and fatigue, but don't contain carcinogens in vast enough quantities, the administration doesn't see this as an air quality issue. It's not occasional; it's frequent. The latest incident was this morning, with this afternoon's meeting result being that if everyone does what they are supposed to do, this shouldn't prove to be a public health nuisance.
If it wasn't so tragic, it would be funny in a "Who's on First, What's on Second" sort of way.
Posted by: GC | Mar 31, 2005 5:32:32 PM
