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MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) - Bottled water provided to about 1,000 southeast Ohioans whose tap water contained a chemical used by DuPont Co. to make Teflon has tested positive for trace amounts of the same substance, the company providing the water said Thursday.
Marietta-based Crystal Spring Water, which has been supplying the water to residents since September, confirmed the presence of perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts in tests after a learning of a similar finding by the local water association, it said.
The company is one of three hired by DuPont, the third-largest chemical company in the U.S., to provide water to local residents until it installs filters to remove the chemical at well-water treatment plants near its Parkersburg, W. Va., facility as part of the settlement of a 2001 class action lawsuit against it.
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