DHS Construction Is Not an Asbestos Risk, says EPA

Resident complaints about possible unsafe asbestos removal at Dunwoody High School have been checked out by the Environmental Protection Agency, which says construction at the school is safe.

Some residents had complained about an unsecured dumpster in the school's parking lot that was being used for construction debris by a crew at the school that is doing summer work.

After an inquiry from the Dunwoody High School Council, a local group, the EPA made a suprise inspection of Dunwoody High School to "investigate the contractor's procedure for asbestos removal after concerns were raised by local residents," said Donna Cannady Nall, chair of the Dunwoody High School Council for the upcoming school year.

DHS's new principal, Noel Maloof was there to meet with inspectors, Nall said. The inspectors found that the contractors had been following proper procedures for removing the carcinogen and that levels of asbestos were measurably lower than the recommended standards for safe removal. No particulates of asbestos were found in air sampling.

EPA inspectors approved continuing the work at the high school.