2006 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 18 Nov 2006 17:17:03 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Fitzsimons Hospital (CO) lead
 
High lead levels found at three additional sites

Hospital buildings on Fitzsimons campus are affected

By Ivan Moreno
Rocky Mountain News (CO)
November 17, 2006

Elevated levels of lead were found in the drinking water at three additional sites of the Fitzsimons campus, and this time it's hospital buildings that are affected, university officials said Thursday.

Although no current or former patients face a health risk, Aurora Water and University of Colorado officials said in a news conference they will continue testing to try to find the source of the problem.

So far, 13 out of 15 of Aurora's CU Health Sciences Center buildings have shown excessive lead levels in the water tests. Lead was discovered in early October in the oldest building of the former Army hospital base, which is being converted into a health and biosciences hub.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5149920,00.html

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