Soulia: PCB panic? A closer look at VT’s extreme school air standards - Vermont Daily Chronicle

Soulia: PCB panic? A closer look at VT’s extreme school air standards - Vermont Daily Chronicle

The EPA says 600 nanograms is safe. Vermont closes classrooms at 100. What do they know that the rest of the country doesn’t?by Dave Soulia, for FYIVT.comWhen air tests at Burlington High School revealed polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in 2020, the numbers were shocking: indoor air concentrations as high as 6,300 nanograms per cubic meter. That’s more than ten times higher than what the EPA recommends for high school students. Burlington shut t…