"Many of the schools in America's most depressed regions are located near factories and highways that spew out toxic levels of air pollution," said Baughman. "The respiratory health of the children who attend these schools has been jeopardized and it's high time the EPA investigated and enacted measures to protect them."
In 2008, Baughman represented a group of environmental organizations in a lawsuit against school bus provider Laidlaw Transit, Inc., which agreed to invest millions in retrofitting older buses and purchasing new buses for its California fleet to reduce diesel exhaust. Baughman has represented families and communities exposed to mercury, lead, chromium, dioxin, diesel engine exhaust, PCBs, TCE, and to water contaminated with MTBE, benzene and toluene. In addition to a law degree, Baughman holds a masters degree in engineering.