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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, I don't know if what the post said about cleaning asbestos tiles by hand without masks was true, but if it was, the MCPS administration would face fines and/or five years criminal penalty.  https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/criminal-provisions-clean-air-act  And that's for each offense, btw.[/quote]

It was a staff member who tested a ceiling tile in her classroom on the second floor, not MCPS. The principal was told of the results but it’s questionable if any reports were made or anything but the bat abatement occurred. Therefore, when the pipe burst occurred on the first floor, school administrators had plausible deniability. The focus was to clean up the mess which was done by custodians disposing of the tiles into black plastic bags. No protective gear. No plastic sheeting to keep asbestos dust away from the rest of the school which was occupied with staff and students.

MCPS should have reasonably checked for asbestos before they initiated the cleanup of tiles manufactured in the 1960’s. More could have been done to minimize the risk to staff and students.[/quote]

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