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State EPA Fires Two Employees, Demotes Third Over Tainted Sebring Drinking Water

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has fired two employees and demoted a third over their handling of lead contamination in Sebring's drinking water. The firings are the result of an internal investigation into why it took months for the agency's top administrators to find out about high lead levels. An employee at its central office failed to ensure lab results were sent to those reviewing the testing. The employee's supervisor also has been fired.  15 new water samples are below the federal standard for lead. Nearly 900 samples have been submitted by homeowners over the past three weeks. 55 homes have shown lead levels above the federal standard since the middle of January. The EPA's director has said the operator of the village water plant waited months to notify the public

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