http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/ There are schools all across the globe with environmetal issues that concern childrens health. Those schools are closed down and worked on to ensure that they are safe for kids to go to school in. One school in particular has bothered me the most; Hamden Middle School. My eldest sister, me, went to school there, my youngest sister does now. As previous students in this school we have become aware of certain health issues this school has. The school was built atop a landfill created by _. And because of this landfill there are long-term teachers that have died and are dying because of prolonged exposure to the chemicals underneath the school. Methane has been found underneath the boiler room floor of the school. Methane is not toxic to the body. However, if enough methane builds up in an enclosed space with enough oxygen, it can produce an explosion if an ignition source is introduced. A methane detector with a 24-hour alarm has been installed in the boiler room. If even a very low level of methane migrates from underneath the floor into the air of the boiler room, the alarm will sound, giving people in the building enough time to leave the building before it blows up. Now aside from methane my sister was informed that there is asbestos in the ceiling tiles of the school. asbestos is a very harmful and toxic substance and my sister and her firends whomi have known since befor they could walk are i nthat school everyday. i love my sister and her friends and all of the teachers there. DONT LET THEM DIE! I dont know about you but i surely dont want to have the teachers that taught me valuable information die because the town is being careless and not moving the teachers and students to a differnt location. Please sign this petition to help other children that may be going into this school in the next few years! You could be the signature that saves their lives. Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:0:05 CST en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig3611419 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST i hate all of these unnecessary chemicals being released! it's hazardous to the environment and us and people don't understand the urgency of these issues! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig3487173 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I compiled my first list of schools on or adjacent to dumps (landfills) in the 1980s. Unfortunately, the list has more than doubled since then. Visit our website toxicsites.org for some of the schools on dumps across the country. I am honored to sign your petition and commend you for bringing this issue more exposure. Children and faculty attending schools on dumps are in great danger. Janice R. England http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig2086368 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST school is crap anyway and i dont think there is a point of going to school. Schools spose to be like this first you pick your job they help you to do the job. i feel like running to the woods and start freedom fighters, to free childeren from going to schools and changing them! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig1793437 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Mutated people turn me off. I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig1600749 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig598474 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig505704 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST i agree with shianna miller this town is broke as a mug http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig481064 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST yea, i agree w/ alyssa, im gonna have a third arm by next year... http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig472654 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST We need a new school badly. The town is slow and broke thats why we aren't getting one. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig469200 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST lol I'm probably gonna have three arms by the time im 25 ^_^ http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig466436 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Come on this skool is crap! build them a new one! like kaitlyn always says "Stop the Violence increase the peace! give them a new skool! NEW SKOOL! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig440470 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig396161 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig388126 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig384257 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST if they have enough money for the malls to be re done ... i think we have enough money to support our youth http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig380787 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST NEW HMS http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig370915 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST There are asbestos tiles in the ceiling on the first floor of the school, and no one is taking action to protect our students, and especially our teachers that are most at risk. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig370260 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST It's not as deadly as everyone's making it out to be. But still unsafe, build the new school already. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig370199 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I go to HMS and that school is horrible. Supposedly many teachers have died from cancer for working in that school for too long. My sister Alicia lost a gym teacher after she was in High School and he worked there. I have also heard that i teacher recently retired because he had cancer. THIS SCHOOL MURDERS TEACHERS! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ToxicSchools/#sig370166 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST