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March 3, 2015

State wants to rid schools of PCBs

By JOURNAL STAFF

OLYMPIA — A new state chemical “action plan” seeks to rid schools of fluorescent light ballasts that contain toxic chemicals known as PCBs.

Although federal law banned PCBs in 1979, there are widespread reservoirs of PCBs in fluorescent light ballasts, old caulk, electrical transformers and paint. In addition, new PCBs are generated as byproducts of some manufacturing processes such as making pigments and dyes.


 
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