Asbestos Management Violations at Schools in Baltimore and Aberdeen, Maryland

In March 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced they had settled asbestos management violations with a nursery school in Baltimore, Maryland and a school for blind students in Aberdeen.

When the Maryland Department of the Environment (DEP) inspected both schools in 2007, several violations were found. The nursery school was fined for failure to notify parents, teachers and employees of the availability of the school’s asbestos management plan and failure to include the school’s art center in the plan. The school for the blind was fined for failure to include pertinent information in their required asbestos management plan. Both schools were fined for failing to re-inspect all areas of the school for asbestos once every three years.

Exposure to asbestos is known to cause serious diseases such as mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer and asbestosis.

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