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Residents and committee press Tangipahoa Parish schools for independent testing after Aug. 22 explosion
Summary
Community members told the school board that soot and health symptoms since an Aug. 22 industrial explosion suggest lingering contaminants; they urged independent testing of campuses and more transparency than they say federal testing has provided.
Sergeant Marvin Vernon and parents urged the Tangipahoa Parish School Board on Dec. 2 to seek independent testing of school campuses after an Aug. 22 industrial explosion, saying local scientists have found chemicals the Environmental Protection Agency has not publicly identified.
"They feel that the EPA is not telling us everything that we need to know about this," Sergeant Vernon said, describing a community committee that has met with outside scientists and engineers. He asked the district to authorize campus testing independent of EPA oversight and to monitor health…
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