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:f �•::{n� BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> rin 16 GREAT NECK{ROAD NORTH <br /> •: . "t :�• MASHPEE, MA 02649 <br /> (508}539-1418 <br /> BLE'c o^ Fax (508)477-7380 <br /> ti <br /> TO: HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING <br /> COMMITTEE <br /> FROM: B _ <br /> OARD OF HEALTH ELIAS MC UAID <br /> y <br /> DATE: SEPTEMBER 11 1996 <br /> RE: HIGH SCHOOL OCCUPANCY <br /> Comments in preparation of the emergencymeeting: <br /> g <br /> 1. Treatment plant has received verbal approval from <br /> to go back on line. I co ncurr. pp DEP <br /> 2. Bottled water and coolers will be provided <br /> and fac p ded to students <br /> ulty _until flushing resumes and samples indicate ac- <br /> ceptable levels of copper and leadbel <br /> � ow MCL'S) <br /> 3. Indoor Air Quality: <br /> a} In coming to my determination regarding ' <br /> alit for g ng indoor air <br /> s y partial occupancy, I took the fallowing steps: <br /> b} Spoke to Stetson Hall D' P <br /> Director of BCDHE, who stated <br /> in his opinion based on the results the school should be <br /> granted partial occupancy, <br /> p Y <br /> C) I spoke to Tom Hamilton, OCCUHEALTH who c ' <br /> that the fun toxigenic con-firmed <br /> armed <br /> g� are not toxigenic (due to them being found in <br /> outdoor air) , <br /> d) Spoke to Al Campron i, (DPH - 617-5 3 4-5 7 5 7) ' he co - <br /> f i rmed t con <br /> - <br /> f the levels do not warrant a health risk -- sug- <br /> gested g <br /> gested considering closing off the rooms with elevated fungi <br /> g <br /> and seclude them from the air circulation system ' <br /> y until the <br /> _ levels do not exceed outdoor standards. , <br /> e• Spoke to Dr. Harriet Burge, Harvard School of Public <br /> Health (617-432-4638) , THE expert on indoor airua l it for <br /> q Y <br /> New England, said we should allow the schoolartial occu- <br /> pancybase p <br /> d on the air quality results. She indicated that <br /> all Cape Homes have higher fungi counts due to the humidity <br /> and that the types of <br /> yp fungi are not a risk to human health <br /> unless one is extremely susceptible due to asthma. <br /> My conclusion based on the above is that the Board of <br /> Health should sign off on a partial occupancy permit, <br />