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One child has been diagnosed with lead poisoning, and many homes have been found to have lead in their tap water, in Durham North Carolina. 
 
Tests, conducted after the lead poisoning case came to light, suggest that the lead in the water supply originated from older homes where lead solder was used on copper pipes. 
 

Major lead problem diagnosed in NC

Water Technology Online - 6/19/2006 12:49 PM

DURHAM, NC — In the wake of a recent child lead-poisoning case, testing by local health officials has revealed that lead contamination is affecting about 30 to 40 percent of the apartments in Durham's Penrith townhouse complex, according to a News 14 Carolina report.
 
According to the report, there is an even higher percentage of contamination in the surrounding neighborhood; in the past, Durham has been viewed as a high-quality "poster child" for public water systems and officials insist the problem is not the city water
 
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