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Residents and committee ask Tangipahoa School Board for independent campus testing after Aug. 22 explosion
Summary
A community committee and parents urged the Tangipahoa Parish School Board to commission independent environmental testing of campuses after an Aug. 22 industrial explosion, citing soot, health symptoms and gaps in EPA testing; the board said it will share existing testing and coordinate next steps with the committee.
A community committee and parents pressed the Tangipahoa Parish School Board on Dec. 2 to authorize independent environmental testing of school campuses after an Aug. 22 industrial explosion, saying current federal testing has left unanswered questions about short- and long-term health risks.
"This thing happened on the August 22," Sergeant Marvin Burton told the board, describing a committeethat has met with independent scientists and engineers and "taken the initiative" to study potential exposures. Burton said the group believes the Environmental Protection Agency is "not telling us everything" and urged the board to allow campus testing separate from EPA work.
Resident Jody Hart, who said she lives about a…
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