On May 3, 2007 the first ever student-led public forum on the PCB/Dioxin contamination issue at SUNY New Paltz was held in the student lounge at Gage Hall, one of the dorms affected by the 1991 chemical fires incident. Speakers at the forum included Brian Shapiro, an Ulster County Legislator and Chair of the Ulster County Environmental Commission, Mannajo Green of The Hudson River Clearwater Sloop, Inc., Russel Schindler, an environmental lawyer (and formerly the Student Association lawyer at SUNY New Paltz), and George Farrel, an five-time award winning sicence teacher and concerned parent whose daughters attended SUNY at the time of the incident (one of whom lived in an affected dormitory at the time.) The event was moderated by SYNTHESIS coordinator, Aliza Hava. About 100 students were in attendance. The college physician, Peter Haughton, and the head of facilites, John Shupe, were present.
Each speaker had the opportunity to explain their understanding of the incident and the environmental factors and health risks associated with it. Brian Shapiro urged the students to organize in an effort to get sufficient data on the actual extent of contamination of the dorms.
The forum was followed by a Q&A session where students addressed the speakers with their questions and concerns.
The SUNY New Paltz administration maintains that the dormitories, Bliss, Capen, Gage and Scudder Halls have been cleaned to below the federal standards of PCB exposure. However, independent tests by investigative journalist Eric Francis reveal contamination in ventilation units that were never thoroughly inspected or cleaned following the initial incident. For more details, please read through the articles by Eric Francis Coppolino posted in the right hand column.
More to follow......
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