Hard-rubber gym floors installed in schools and universities throughout the U.S. from 1960 to 1990 contained mercury, Classic Sports Floors said, and that there was a strong possibility that the ...

Garfield schools only recently discovered mercury levels in one gym that were 16 times the limit considered safe. The district is spending $400,000 to remove the rubber flooring.

Some school officials in Washington Township became aware of mercury in at least one gym during a floor repair in 2017. They say initial testing showed the mercury level below action levels set by ...

The rubber gym floors at Island Academy tested positive for mercury vapor in August 2018. It was one of four gyms in the Beaufort County School District that were found to have mercury.