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3 CtMBVtNSWS WJsfcdayV September? 9921 igh lead levels I iikGsM1 I '5- i n' Gracie found at By JOELSIEGEL Daily News City Hdll Bureau Cfiiet Count Mayor Dinkins and his wife, Joyce, as among the New Yorkers plagued by hazardous lead in their drinking water. "It was out of curiosity," Evans said, referring to why DEP tested the officials' homes. "The mayor at no point asked for a test" As in other DEP water sampling, the Gracie Mansion and City Hall tests were done on the first water out of the tap that day, Evans said. Such water is likely to have the highest lead levels because it has had an opportu- 'This shows this is a problem that affects all DEP spokesman Sandy Evans nity to absorb it overnight from building pipes and fixtures, the chief source of the metal. But there is good news in the testing, too.

After taking the initial samples, the DEP let the water run for a couple of minutes in Gracie Mansion and City Hall, then took second samples. They showed concentrations of 4 parts per million in those tests. Officials believe the lead problem at Gracie Mansion is due to decades-old piping that connects the local water dunnga few moments when nothing better-was goingon around these playful pachyderms' part of the Bronx Zoo. dan croninqaiiy news TANGLED TRUNKS are tangible tokens of elephantly affection. Tus (left), described as surrogate mom to Samuel 5, gets it together Rates cut to calm EC BRUSSELS In the latest move to calm European Conr-munitv currency markets, Germany yesterday announced a City tests found unaccepta-bly high lead levels in Gracie Mansion's water and barely acceptable levels in City Hall the Daily News has learned.

A Sept. 4 test on water from the kitchen tap in the mayor's residence found a lead concentration of 29 parts per million, the Department of Environmental Protection said. That was well above the tough new federal standard of 15 parts per million. At federal limit Testing of the water from the mayor's wing at City Hall found a concentration exactly at the federal limit, said DEP spokesman Sandy Evans. The tests put Hizzoner in the same boat as millions of other New Yorkers.

During recent water testing in buildings around the city, the DEP found unacceptably high lead levels 38r'r of the time. The failure rate is forcing the city to add calcium ortho-phospate. a cousin of baking soda, to the water system beginning tomorrow. Along with the City Hall and Gracie Mansion tests, the DEP tested the homes of its commissioner, Albert Apple-ton, and Deputy Mayor Barbara Fife. Their apartments had no lead hazard, Evans said.

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