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Unleaded water, anyone?

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Jay Switzer is the star of this month's edition of TechnoFiles, as he talks about his efforts to help officials in Washington, D.C., understand why high levels of lead were found in the city's water.

In 2004, Switzer began a project to determine if a chemical used by water districts to disinfect the water supply (monochloramine) actually raised lead levels in the water -- it does.

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