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Baltimore Won’t Expand a Program to Help Residents Clean up After Sewage Backups

Inside Climate News · By Aman Azhar · last updated
Environmental activists and advocates slammed the decision, citing an expansion directive from federal and state regulators. A 2019 study found that bacteria, viruses and parasites are particularly harmful when residents are forced to undertake their own cleanups.

By Aman Azhar

Baltimore City has refused to comply with a directive from state and federal environmental regulators that it expand the scope of a program that helps residents clean up after sewage backs up into their homes. 

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