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AU Daycare Children Show No Signs Of Arsenic Poisoning in Spring Valley.
Corps Report, March, 2001
Hair samples of children attending a daycare center at American University (AU) in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Washington, D.C., showed no sign of arsenic poisoning, according to test results released last week. Earlier, the Baltimore District found elevated levels of arsenic in the soil of the university's daycare center playground.
Hair sampling also did not detect arsenic poisoning in students and university workers who used a nearby university athletic field. The arsenic likely comes from World War I chemical warfare research conducted at the AU Experiment Station (TCR, Jan. 10, p. 5).
At a separate site on the AU campus suspected of being a laboratory disposal pit, the Corps plans to remove additional soil as a result of elevated levels of...
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