It was OK when it left our backyard

New York City's unfiltered drinking water may be the finest in the world, but it's still not a good idea to mix it with propylene glycol before giving it to schoolkids.

About 80 children at Public School 20, an elementary school in Flushing, Queens, became ill Tuesday afternoon, apparently after drinking from water fountains that were contaminated by an air-conditioning chemical, the Department of Education said.

Whoops.

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