MDE Tells York Road Crematorium Opponents their Environmental Justice Argument Lacks a Scientific Basis

Residents battling a proposed human crematorium in North Baltimore – thwarted in their efforts by the city zoning board and, later, a circuit court judge – confronted state environmental officials last night and were quickly disappointed.

Almost the first words spoken by Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) officials, briefing a crowd of more than 100 assembled in a York Road church, were unambiguously negative.

“Denying a permit is a pretty egregious step to take,” they were told by Angelo Bianca, deputy director of MDE’s Air and Radiation Administration.

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