Update: Maryland’s Ongoing Monitoring Detects Trace Amount of Radioactive Material in Rainwater Following Japanese Nuclear Incident: No Public Health Risk Baltimore, MD (March 28, 2011) — The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) reported today that a very small amount of radioactive Iodine – 131 was detected in a rainwater sample from Baltimore. The Read the Rest…
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The unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan has raised concerns over how vulnerable Maryland would be in a similar disaster. REISTERSTOWN, Md. (WJZ)—The situation in Japan continues to worsen as crews attempt to reverse what’s happening at a damaged nuclear power plant. The crisis is now having a ripple effect on the use of atomic energy Read the Rest…
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WASHINGTON – Revised regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will take effect March 15, 2011, the Department of Justice announced. The revised rules are the department’s first major revision of its guidance on accessibility in 20 years. The regulations apply to the activities of more than 80,000 units of state and local government and Read the Rest…
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RESISTERSTOWN, MD (March 10, 2011) – The Maryland Emergency Management Agency will activate to a Level 3 at 12:00noon today due to the forecast of heavy rains that will impact Maryland this afternoon and this evening. Level 3 means representatives of state agencies involved in firefighting, rescue, law enforcement, transportation, hospitals, utilities, evacuation, sheltering, and emergency medical response Read the Rest…
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