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The Ottawa Carleton District School Board has confirmed that two more of its schools, both high schools, have been sprayed with pesticides to deal with cockroaches.
The pesticide company that sprayed Charles H. Hulse — which remains closed after students and staff reported becoming sick — used the same pesticide at Adult High School on April 8 and April 10, it has been revealed.
Two staff members reported watery eyes and headaches after a training kitchen was sprayed, officials say. When school re-opened after the weekend, there was no noticeable odour, said a school board spokesperson.
School board officials said a third school — Rideau High School — was sprayed for cockroaches in September 2014. There have been no complaints and it is not clear whether the same pesticide was used.
On Thursday, the Ontario Ministry of Labour was called to the Adult High School to investigate. Nora Marsh, the school board’s associate director, said the school board became aware of the situation only Thursday. It contacted Ottawa Public Health and launched its own investigation.
The area of application at Adult High School was much smaller than at Charles H. Hulse, where the daycare room and other spaces were sprayed.
The pesticide used at Charles H. Hulse and Adult High School contains an active ingredient Propoxur, which has been used in Canada since the 1950s. Last year, Health Canada changed its label, no longer allowing indoor use of the product, but that change is being phased in over two years and doesn’t fully take effect until 2016. It has been banned for indoor use in the U.S. since 2007.
Marsh said the school board is planning to bring in an outside consultant to fully investigate how the pesticide came to be used in a daycare, an elementary school and other schools. Its use, she said, was a surprise to board officials.
Health Canada, meanwhile, is investigating to determine whether the pesticide company Rotokil violated the federal pesticide act.
epayne@ottawacitizen.com
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The pesticide company that sprayed Charles H. Hulse — which remains closed after students and staff reported becoming sick — used the same pesticide at Adult High School on April 8 and April 10, it has been revealed.
Two staff members reported watery eyes and headaches after a training kitchen was sprayed, officials say. When school re-opened after the weekend, there was no noticeable odour, said a school board spokesperson.
School board officials said a third school — Rideau High School — was sprayed for cockroaches in September 2014. There have been no complaints and it is not clear whether the same pesticide was used.
On Thursday, the Ontario Ministry of Labour was called to the Adult High School to investigate. Nora Marsh, the school board’s associate director, said the school board became aware of the situation only Thursday. It contacted Ottawa Public Health and launched its own investigation.
The area of application at Adult High School was much smaller than at Charles H. Hulse, where the daycare room and other spaces were sprayed.
The pesticide used at Charles H. Hulse and Adult High School contains an active ingredient Propoxur, which has been used in Canada since the 1950s. Last year, Health Canada changed its label, no longer allowing indoor use of the product, but that change is being phased in over two years and doesn’t fully take effect until 2016. It has been banned for indoor use in the U.S. since 2007.
Marsh said the school board is planning to bring in an outside consultant to fully investigate how the pesticide came to be used in a daycare, an elementary school and other schools. Its use, she said, was a surprise to board officials.
Health Canada, meanwhile, is investigating to determine whether the pesticide company Rotokil violated the federal pesticide act.
epayne@ottawacitizen.com
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