University denies TV report on lead

SHANGHAI - Jiangnan University in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, on Monday denied the accusation that it provided recycled industrial waste water that contained a heavy lead content to its campus bathhouses.

The local TV program First View reported about the "recycled water" after it had received an anonymous letter saying that Wangsheng Hot Water Supply has been recycling waste water from a steel company and delivering it to universities and hotels for bathing.

The program sent an undercover reporter to the university to collect water samples for testing, the result of which showed the water contained excessive lead - 10 times higher than the normal level.