More than 1,400 certificates approving lead inspections have been revoked in Maryland after three children tested positive for elevated lead levels.
The action calls for the reinspection of tenant-occupied rental properties as a result of an “inspector’s failure to comply with work practice standards,” the Maryland Department of the Environment said in a news release.
A complaint in the matter was filed by Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown in Baltimore City Circuit Court against Green Environmental, LLC and its owner, Rodney Bryan Barkley.
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