About 95 percent of water samples from Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, measured acceptable lead levels after the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency put the hospital on notice for unsafe levels two weeks ago, Dayton Daily News reported.
Almost all of the samples taken Friday from three hospital areas indicated levels were below the EPA's recommended 15 parts per billion threshold. More testing results will be available this week.
After an initial discovery in the hospital's southeast addition, high lead levels were found in buildings housing the Berry Women's Center and the Fred E. Weber Center for Health Education. Levels ranged from 15 to 220 parts per billion, Dayton Daily News reported.
Cautionary measures implemented when the levels were first discovered — such as turning off ice machines and the water supply to drinking fountains, as well as stopping water births — will persist.
Water tests at surrounding houses and businesses did not register high lead levels. The cause of the spike is still unknown, according to the report. Two national experts were hired to investigate the situation, including the engineer who discovered the water crisis in Flint., Mich.
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