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Water still not safe to drink in parts of Nassau County

The water is still not safe to drink in parts of Nassau County Wednesday. Traces of the cancer-causing fuel additive MTBE are still showing up in the tap water of the West Hempstead-Hempstead Gardens

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Jun 28, 2006, 3:33 PM

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