Children at Jersey City day care accidentally drink bleach
JERSEY CITY -- More than two dozen children from a day care in Jersey City are recovering after they were given water that contained a small amount of bleach.
As many as 28 children ended up in the emergency room after drinking bleach-tainted water that authorities said was mistakenly given to them by a substitute teacher.
It happened at 160 5th Street around 10:53 a.m. The business at that location is listed as The Growing Tree II Learning Center.
The Jersey City Fire Department told Eyewitness News that a substitute teacher/aide was giving water to the students. Instead of using the water from the cooler, she mistakenly used a bottle of water that had a little bleach in it that the teachers use for cleaning.
Five ambulances transported the children to Jersey City Medical Center.
Doctors say the concentration of bleach was low, and none of the children suffered serious injuries.
All of the children were treated and released from the hospital.
