12 Santa Clarita Students Sickened By Tainted Water
April 24, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
Los Angeles County authorities Friday were investigating the contamination of bottled water which sickened 12 students at a junior high school on Thursday.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the agency’s Los Angeles office was dispatched to La Mesa Junior High School in Santa Clarita on Thursday.
Los Angeles County fire inspector Steve Zermeno said that at 12:45 p.m., school officials reported that 12 students were complaining of headaches, nausea and dizziness after consuming Aquafina water from a vending machine that appeared to contain a “bleach-like substance.”
The students were taken to a hospital and released.
Jeff Dahncke, spokesman for The Pepsi Bottling Group, which manufactures Aquafina, said there was no evidence that the contamination was caused by the company’s manufacturing process and the company believes it was an isolated incident.
“We have examined and tasted numerous bottles that were produced at the same time as those in this case and have found them to be free of any problems whatsoever,” a Pepsi statement said.
“The only products in question have been those that were previously opened, and we are working closely with local authorities to determine exactly what happened.”
Suspicious Bottles Found at News Offices
April 13, 2009 by national
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A day after two plastic bottles of blue liquid with homemade labels with the words “Winter of Frozen Dreams” were found at the Times Union, Schenectady police said someone left five bottles outside the Daily Gazette this morning with the same words. In both cases, the liquid they contained was found to be harmless. Schenectady Fire Department Capt. Mike Denny said the bottles found around 11:30 a.m. in a plastic bin were marked “Winter of Frozen Dreams.”
A hazardous materials crew took samples and determined the liquid was a “nontoxic dye in water.” It was turned over to city police for further examination.
There were no injuries reported and the building at 2345 Maxon Road Extension was not evacuated, according to Sgt. Eric Clifford, a police spokesman.
