Resources

Fact Sheet about Soil Vapor Intrusion at P.S. 372

What you need to know about the soil vapor intrusion issue, failures by agencies and partners, and parents' demands.

NYS DEC's Presentation to the Community - July 15, 2024

See slides 23-25 for toxin levels in the pre-K and kindergarten classrooms and slide 13 for the sub-slab depressurization system that failed.

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DEC Letter to Principal Amato and Father Ruiz on June 12, 2026

See June 2025 note that the sub-slab system had failed ("volatile organic compound concentrations within indoor air remained similar to pre-mitigation results"). See August 2025 note on failure to identify secondary source of VOCs.

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DOH Letter to Father Ruiz on August 12, 2026

The DOH writes to the property owner that toxins in the school's indoor air -- including 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, 1,4-Dichlorobenzene, Benzene, Dichlorodifluoromethane, m,p-Xylene, Naphthalene, Toluene, Methyl ethyl ketone (2-Butanone), n-Hexane, and others -- are totally fine, A-OK, NOT A PROBLEM.

One month before hundreds of kids return to this building with toxins in the indoor air, DOH writes, with zero urgency: "The design of the HRV systems is in its final stage, and installation and activation will be scheduled as soon
as practicable."

Also here: Pages of tables showing levels of toxins in indoor air at P.S. 372.

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