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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Johanna Chisholm

Alaska elementary school apologises after serving floor sealant instead of milk to kids

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A morning mix-up at an elementary school in Alaska led to a dozen students ingesting floor sealant instead of milk, which officials say they thought was being served.

The sealant, according to the Juneau Empire, had been mistakenly loaded into the same dispenser used for the milk that students from the school’s summer program drank from and led to at least one child requiring medical attention at the nearby Bartlett Regional Hospital.

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