Go through and test all the backpacks and shoes left behind by students after many were kept late into the next morning for screening. At last checkonly about 170 bags have been cleared out of more than 13hundred. They might have to be moved so school can resume next week. Investigators are also still trying to figure out where the student managed to get the mercury from. randy nattis epa in some cases its usually from grandfathers shed or backyard and grandson or daughter finds a cool jar and mercury looks nice in a jar and want to play around with it. Mauricio Marin says there were no thermometers missing from school that could contain mercury. Many parents feel the School District didnt do a good job communicating with them about what was going on the night many kids were kept for about 17 hours inside the school. Skorkowsky admits theres room for improvement. And says the district will have a debrief on how to better handle a situation that could arise like this again. They will be
Assembly. Despite everyone getting the clear to leave campusccsd is hosting a meeting right here at jacobson elementary with parents who have concerns about the incident. captain ken young ccsd police at this point we do not believe that there was a hoax. Mauricio Marin Emergency Response teams worked late into the night at Walter Johnson junior high school. Where a teacher alerted School Administration to a student playing with a substance that turned out to be mercury. But questions still remain in the investigation. the origin who actually brought it in and exactly how much. Mauricio Marin more than 80 las vegas fire rescue crews responded and assisted with what they call the largest decontamination incident theyve ever dealt with. Helping screen students and staff for possible mercury exposure. The epa also came in to deal with the situation. randy nattis epa if they are over a certain level we take them out of the line and wipe them down and start washing them and in some cases sh
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Not since Alexander Graham bell invented the telephone has anyone received a call like this. A call from the federal government to stop using the phone, because it could explode. That warning went out today from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to 2. 5 million owners of the new samsung note 7. Heres don dahler. Ep since samsung released the galaxy note 7 phone, there haveh been at least 35 reports around the world of the lithiumion batteries exploding. It was very surprising to me how quick the dash caught on fire. Reporter nathan dornachers jeep caught fire, after he left his new phone inside it to charge. Thats the last thought in my head, is that a brand new device, something as simple as a phone, is going to burn down my car. Reporter earlier this week, some airlines urged passengers to avoid charging their galaxy and last friday, samsung issuedn a voluntary recall for all 2. 5 million phones.
Mauricio Marin its been two days since johnson junior high was first put on lockdown because of a mercury contamination scare. nashawn carlson 7th grader they told me to lift up my hands like this they made me turn around lift up the back of my foot to make sure i didnt step in it. Mauricio Marin nashawn carlson is one of more than 12hundred students who had to get screened and decontaminated. His mother is upset about how the School District handled the situation. Veronica Hill upset parent they took his socks, they took his packpack so i told him to take a picture everything he had on just in case thw Mauricio Marin superintendent Pat Skorkowsky admits there is room for improvement. Pat Skorkowsky ccsd superintendent weve done a good job of getting things together. Can we do things better we can always do things better in any of these situations. Mauricio Marin questions still remain about where the student playing with the substance got the mercury from. And the epa says we may neve
The Environmental Protection Agency held a virtual public meeting on Monday to discuss the possibility of making the shuttered J.H. Baxter plant a high priority clean-up operation.