The purpose of this procedure is to provide guidance for the disposal of electrical light ballasts that are removed from service during routine maintenance at various North and South campus locations.

In this Sept. 12, 2019, photo, Cynthia Yost, who used to teach at the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Wash., poses for a photo in Mercer Island, Wash. Yost was among teachers who sent pieces of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A frenzy that started with a Staten Island teacher wiping an oily substance from her classroom furniture has exploded into a citywide initiative to eliminate toxins from light ...

A fifth-grader on Staten Island was exposed last week to a polychlorinated biphenyl-laced chemical that has been leaking from aging light fixtures in some New York City classrooms, officials said.

MONROE, Wash — At first, teachers at Sky Valley Education Center simply evacuated students and used fans to clear the air when the fluorescent lights caught fire or smoked with noxious fumes. When ...

Millions of fluorescent light ballasts containing PCBs probably remain in schools and day care centers across the U.S. four decades after the chemicals were banned over concerns that they could cause ...

Millions of fluorescent light ballasts containing PCBs probably remain in schools and day care centers across the U.S. four decades after the chemicals were banned over concerns that they could cause ...

MONROE, Wash. — At first, teachers at Sky Valley Education Center simply evacuated students and used fans to clear the air when the fluorescent lights caught fire or smoked with noxious fumes. When ...