broken hills water not contaminated, say authorities, despite health fears /

Published at 2016-02-17 04:53:34

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Residents post images of discoloured water and children’s sores and rashes, which parents say appeared after bathing in or drinking the waterHealth authorities have assured residents of a regional recent South Wales city its water supply is not contaminated after panic spread that children bathing in Broken Hill’s water were developing sores and rashes.
Some of Broken Hill’s 19000 residents have been posting images to social media showing skin conditions they say their children developed after bathing in or drinking the city’s water. Photos are also appearing on Facebook of murky or discoloured water residents say they fear to employ.
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Source: theguardian.com