Seven Days

Vermont’s School PCB Testing Program Is Off to a Rocky Start

Superintendent Mark Tucker and principal Rebecca Tatistcheff in the Cabot School gymnasium Credit: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur The week before school started this fall, Caledonia Central Supervisory Union ...
VTDigger

Nearly 25% of schools in Vermont hadn’t tested for radon, more than four years after state mandate

Many schools don’t know whether students are being exposed to the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S., according ...
Seven Days

Vermont’s PCB Testing Program Continues to Cause Logistical Problems — and Angst — for Schools

North Country Union High School was built when Lyndon B. Johnson was president. Its 55-year-old windows and doors need to be replaced, according to a facilities assessment completed last year. The ...
WRAL

How Vermont is testing school buildings for PCBs

Schools in our area might contain PCBs, cancer-causing chemicals which can lead to delays in cognitive development and reduced IQs. Vermont is the only state in the U.S. testing schools for the ...
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Vermont to conduct AMBER Alert system test on May 7

The Vermont Department of Public Safety will conduct an exercise of the Vermont AMBER Alert System on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, between 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM. The exercise aims to test the functionality ...
The Burlington Free Press

Vermont's Tech Hub attracts another $3.4 million in funding for testing lab

Vermont's Gallium-Nitride Tech Hub received $3.4 million to establish a cutting-edge microelectronics testing laboratory. The lab, slated to open in January 2026, will focus on gallium nitride (GaN) ...
WHDH

Vermont to expand virus testing across the state

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont is expanding testing across the state as part of a broader move to help combat the spread of the coronavirus. Gov. Phil Scott said Tuesday that the state will be opening ...