Word: watered
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Price said Harvard "hasn't seen any reason" to test its water for lead in recent years. He said lead levels in Cambridge's water are "well within government standards." Harvard's water comes from the Fresh Pond reservoir...
Lead-contaminated water is fairly common in the Boston area, according to Anthony B. Abruzese, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Division of Water Supply. Federal standards limit lead concentrations in water to 50 parts per billion, although Abruzese said any water with more than 20 parts per billion is unsafe. He added that drinking severely contaminated water can damage the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, and kidneys...
Price said that testing water for lead can be more difficult than it seems. "You have to follow certain techniques or you can get false positive results," he said. "It's very easy to contaminate the sampling containers. I would question if they're taking controlled samples and can back up their data...
Anagnostopoulos said she has taught volunteer testers proper procedures, but that she "may have to redo taking water samples" from the freshman dorms. She said she plans to discuss proper testing technique with her Chem 10 section leader...
...Salient staff has been "kicking the idea of testing around for about a year-and-a-half," Granieri said. "It might turn out that the water is just bad-tasting and funny-looking, but not bad for you," he added. "We'll have the results next week...