The Washington Post, July 6th, 1996
THAT IS THE question. On Wednesday the District's most authoritative figure on health matters, Public Health Commissioner Harvey Sloane, warned elderly residents and people with weakened immuned systems to boil tap water before drinking or cooking with it. The city's water supply contains potentially unsafe levels of bacteria, he and other District health officials said at the time. Less than 24 hours later, on Thursday, Dr. Sloane, in effect, said, never mind. "I think the water is safe, and it is safe for drinking. There is no emergency." But yesterday the Army Corps of Engineers declared th...
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