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wr~c s ... :i ;;-?% > THE PLAIN DEALER, WEDNESDAY/MARCH 25, 1981 is closed tTir CINCINNATI. (AP) -- Health offi- tion of , blackboards, desks and other cials have-closed indefinitely Our Lady surfaces in at least two classrooms. foL: Visitation Elementary School be- fcause classrooms contaminated with Health Commissioner Harold Jacobs ; PCBs could be a health hazard and ordered that four classrooms and two fschool officials disobeyed orders to storage rooms be closed for decontami >close the affected rooms. nation. He said Monday'the school had fc-^Th.e. Hamilton County Board of not obeyed that order, and he ordered lealth reported last week that a swipe., the entire school closed indefinitely. gtest' analysis showed PCB contaminat . , Msgr. Henry Vogelpohl, assistant pastor of Our Lady of Visitation Parish in suburban Green Township,./said the school would, remain closed until the board of health allows it to reopen. *;v' PCB is a chemical formerly used in plastic insulation for electrical motors and wiring. It has been banned since 1977 because it is. suspected of causing cancer and can cause respiratory prob lems and skin rashes. \ PCB-ARCH-EXT0376297