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WATER IN SYRACUSE SCHOOLS TESTED; EPA, CITY DISTRICT CHECK LEAD LEVELS IN EACH WATER TAP IN EVERY SCHOOL BUILDING.(Local)
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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
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August 27, 2003
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Byline: Maureen Nolan Staff writer
The federal Environmental Protection Agency is working with the Syracuse school district to test lead levels in water from every tap in every building and will know before school opens Sept. 4 if levels are too high in any elementary school, an EPA spokeswoman said Tuesday.
The EPA picked Syracuse schools because a relatively high number of Syracuse children have high levels of lead in their blood and because the district ha...
