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:i ;;-?% > THE PLAIN DEALER, WEDNESDAY/MARCH 25, 1981
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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.
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