Lead levels would have to rise to endanger children, doctor says

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Lead levels would have to rise to endanger children, doctor says

[South Sound Edition]

The News Tribune - Tacoma, Wash.

Author:	Debby Abe
Date:	Jul 20, 2004
Start Page:	A.08
Section:	Nation/World
Text Word Count:	346

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Dr. Catherine Karr, director of the University of Washington- based Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, recently gauged the possible health effect on a child drinking water at a Seattle school measuring 200 parts of lead per billion parts (ppb) of water. The lead level at Kopachuck Middle and Voyager Elementary schools was measured at 30 ppb.

COLOR PHOTO / JOE BARRENTINE | THE NEWS TRIBUNE: Kevin Odegard, a water technician with Peninsula Light Co., takes a sample at Gig Harbor's Kopachuck Middle School on Monday. Odegard said he will be taking more samples over the next month to check lead levels in the system.; Credit: JOE BARRENTINE | THE NEWS TRIBUNE

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