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.

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 ...

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.

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 had students evacuate and used fans to clear the air when the fluorescent lights caught fire or smoked with noxious fumes. When ...

Often, they just clear the smoke after a ballast failure and allow the kids back in the classroom, the AP found when investigating incident reports. When firefighters were called to an elementary ...

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 ...

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 ...