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Article: Trailers are clear U-46 classrooms show normal formaldehyde levels.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- April 23, 2008
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Byline: Kerry Lester
klester@@dailyherald.com
Formaldehyde levels in Elgin Area School District's trailers are within a normal range, officials said Tuesday.
Park Ridge-based Environ International Corp. found formaldehyde concentrations between 1 and 7.5 parts per billion in the district's 64 trailers.
Such concentration levels are considered acceptable, said David Regelbrugge, the industrial hygienist and senior manager at Environ who led the testing.
Normal urban backgrounds generally range from 0.8 to 6.8 parts per billion, Regelbrugge told the Daily Herald March 31. The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease ...