Students will explore the impact of prejudice and racism on the level of community exposure to environmental hazards and any subsequent remediation. Students from both high schools will explore and evaluate related multi-cultural issues, race relations, and their perceptions of these issues. Presenters, mentors, facilitators, and corporate sponsors will be selected from a culturally diverse group of professionals to allow the students to investigate numerous career possibilities. During the late 1800's and early 1900's the factory produced gas mantles, mesh covers which were used in gas lamps to make them glow brighter. The mantels were coated with a thorium extract from ore.
Thorium is radioactive and can cause health risks when humans are exposed to it in large doses.
Due to the use of thorium, much of the dust, soil, and air inside the plant is contaminated. The site has been partially cleaned up by removing and decontaminating some of the fabrics that Ste-Lar had at the site. The two schools met at the Harbour League Club in Camden in order to get an introduction to the program and to each other. Presenters from BEES talked about the program and what it sought to do. The students also got a introduction to the history of the site.