2008.12.08
Local schools polluted, says USA Today
Five Pulaski County schools top the list of the most polluted schools in the state, according to a special report from USA Today.
Newbern and Dublin elementaries, Pulaski High and Middle and the Southwest Virginia Governor's School each is listed among the top 10 most polluted. Other nearby schools on the list include McHarg Elementary in Radford City and Belview Elementary in Montgomery County.
And, Just 174 other schools nationally have a worse outside air quality than Newbern, the study showed.
The newspaper used a model from the Environmental Protection Agency to track the highest industrial pollution. Data indicated that the air outside Newbern had one of the highest levels of dangerous toxic chemicals, most of which have never been tested for their effects on children.
