Jersey City, NJ – The New Jersey day care center where more than two dozen children and adults were accidentally served bleach-tainted water has reopened, and an employee has been fired.
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The parent company of the Growing Tree Learning II in Jersey City says the center opened Friday after several agencies probed Thursday’s incident.
Twenty-eight children and two adults drank the water laced with bleach after an employee mistakenly used a bottle that was being used to clean off tables. They were treated at a hospital after complaining of nausea, lightheadedness and stomachaches. All were released Thursday afternoon.
Keith Kearney is executive director of United Cerebral Palsy of Hudson County, the day care center’s parent company. He says the employee has been fired.
The state children’s welfare department is investigating.
What about the employee who repurposed the bottle to begin with?
What happened to the worker who put it in the bottle to begin with?
He should be arrested. It’s just as negligent as forgetting a child in the car.
‘Fired!’ Cruel system…people. Anyone can make a mistake. Now, this employee might be a family person, with many good years of employment, and their family will suffer economically and emotionally. ‘FIRED!’ “Lock em up!” “Throw away the key!” They’re not people…we, the bosses NEVER make mistakes…cruel and foolish Americans. Aren’t Americans kind and understanding? I wish.
He should be arrested. It’s just as negligent as forgetting a child in the car.
It seems as though there was a failure in the systems. nobody would store a water/bleach solution in a water bottle unless higher ups started such a policy.