[CPEO-IRF] Fitzsimons Hospital (CO) lead

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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.

...

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

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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