Thursday, 30 June 2016

PRO/EDR> Lead, water - USA (12): (IL) schools

Poisoning -- United States
Two more Chicago Public Schools (CPS) are found to have lead in the water. CPS says that a fountain at Manierre Elementary in Old Town was contaminated. It's been turned off.
The district has checked the water at 2000 water fountains and sinks -- 71 have shown signs of contamination.
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ProMED-mail from HealthMap Alerts

[It appears that lead in water is a large problem in many areas, especially schools. In most of these reports we find that a water fountain has been

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