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SUPPLY
BOTTLED WATER IS EVERYWHERE, THE
FOUNTAINS AND FAUCETS ARE SHUT
THE SOURCE OF ANTI-FREEZE IN THE
DRINKING WATER AT ADDISON
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> WHAT LED YOU TO TEST THE
WATER SUPPLY?
>> NOTHING OTHER THAN JUST
WANTING TO BE AS THOROUGH AS
POSSIBLE.
>> SLINGER SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
DAREN SIEVERS SAYS IT WAS JUST A
PRECAUTION AFTER BREAKS WERE
DISCOVERED IN SOME UNDERGROUND
TO THE SCHOOL.
NO ONE BELIEVED THE TESTS WOULD
ACTUALLY FIND TRACES OF
ANTI-FREEZE IN THE SCHOOL'S
WATER.
ARE YOU SURE THAT'S THE CAUSE?
>> WE KNOW THAT'S THE CAUSE.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW AT WHAT POINT
IT'S SOURCING INTO THE WATER.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE NOT SURE OF.
>> SLINGER SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO
APPROACH IT AS BEST AS THEY CAN.
THEY REACTED IN A GOOD MANNER,
AND WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING AND
PAYING ATTENTION AS PARENTS.
>> A NEW ROUND OF TESTS ON
TUESDAY WILL TRY TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THE CONTAMINANTS ARE
SEEPING IN OR ARE AIRBORNE.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS FIRST NOTICED
AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM DURING
THE WINTER, BUT THE CRACKED
PIPES WEREN'T DISCOVERED UNTIL
LAST MONTH, LEADING TO ANOTHER
CONCERN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON?
>> WE DON'T.
A FEW WEEKS.
>> HEALTH OFFICIALS TELL THE
DISTRICT IT'S UNLIKELY THAT
ANYONE GOT SICK FROM THE LOW
LEVELS OF ANTI-FREEZE.
>> THE LEVELS WERE LOW, AND
IT WASN'T DANGEROUS BUT WE JUST
, WEREN'T COMFORTABLE IN ANY
WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM HAVING THE
CHILDREN INGESTING THAT WATER.
>> THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NOW
BUSTED UNDERGROUND AIR
CONDITIONING PIPES THAT
APPARENTLY LED TO THIS
>> AND THE RESULTS FROM TODAY'S