BAD WATER IN SCHOOLS!!

High Levels Of Uranium Found In Water At 2 Madison Schools
By DAVID FUNKHOUSER The Hartford Courant
3:32 PM EST, November 16, 2008

MADISON - Unusually high levels of uranium found in the well water of two schools has forced town officials to shut off the bubblers and provide students with bottled water while they investigate.School officials said they have been told the contamination is not harmful."The state toxicologist said it shouldn't be a great concern, it's a non-problem as far as they are concerned," board of education Chairman Robert Hale said.Hale said the Robert H. Brown Middle School and Kathleen Ryerson Elementary School off Route 79 have been supplied with bottled water fountains, and the schools will stick with bottled water for drinking and cooking until a solution can be found.
The town tested the water after school officials received anonymous tips on Oct. 28 that uranium had been found in the groundwater under nearby homes, which share the same aquifer, Hale said.The town's other schools are not affected, Hale said, because they get water from the Connecticut Water Company, which regularly tests for such materials.Test results that came back Thursday confirmed the presence of about 110 micrograms of uranium per liter (roughly parts per billion), according to a statement from School Superintendent David J. Klein.The federal Environmental Protection Agency's standard for water systems that serve homes is about 30 parts per billion, but there is no standard for schools. Consumption levels in schools are typically much lower than in a home, officials noted.Uranium is found naturally in the environment, and the state Department of Public Health told Klein that it "would not expect to see adverse effects on people consuming the water from the Brown and Ryerson schools, and they do not see a need for medical follow-up." Officials will hold a meeting tonight at 7 in the Brown Middle School auditorium for anyone with additional questions and concerns.According to a fact sheet produced by the federal Centers for Disease Control, everyone is exposed to low amounts of uranium through food, air and water. It is a naturally occurring chemical substance that is mildly radioactive.High levels of exposure can cause kidney disease, the CDC said; it is not known to cause cancer, but can decay into other radioactive materials that may.


Very bad situation there, I would not send my child to any school that had this problem.
In fact I would like to know right away what the test results were last time.. and lets stop wasting time and find out what the reason is.!!

good luck Madison Conn.

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