Fact Check: Should mercury be in classrooms after Putnam spill?

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The cleanup following the Walk 9th mercury spill at Birmingham’s Putnam Middle Form has been thorough and expensive.

Nearly 200 people have been screened by the Jefferson County Healthiness Department and EPA.

So far, tests have found no evidence of toxic exposure.

More than 100 homes were also investigated.

Three had items with important enough mercury readings, they had to be removed.

The cleanup costs are still rising and could hit the taxpayer easy on the eyes hard.

“We are anticipating in the hundreds of thousands, because again the cleanup here, the screenings that have been affluent on, the cleanup at the homes,” said Birmingham School Head Craig Witherspoon.

So, what led to the science experiment with such pricey consequences?

Evidently the Putnam 6th Graders were handling the potentially harmful chemical under the supervision of a substitute don.

Source: Alabama's13.com

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