Water tests find elevated lead at Edelweiss

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Water tests find elevated lead at Edelweiss
By Mark Abramson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The water at the scenic Edelweiss Lodge and Resort has tested positive for elevated lead levels.

Higher-than-acceptable levels of lead were found in the lodge’s water on Nov. 19 during routine tests from the faucets in the guest rooms, according to a U.S. Army Installation Management Command Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command news release.

"It is not in every room," MWR spokesman William Bradner said. "I don’t want to say it is not a problem, but comparatively, it was a small problem."

Testing indicated that only eight of the lodge’s 330 rooms have higher-than-permissible lead levels according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards, Bradner said.

The results have sparked the Army to take a closer look at the water at the lodge, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine-Europe officials said.


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