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12 Students, Two Teachers Hospitalized Due To 'Airborne Irritant' In CT Classroom 12 Students, Two Teachers Hospitalized Due To 'Airborne Irritant' In CT Classroom
12 Students, Two Teachers Hospitalized Due To 'Airborne Irritant' In CT Classroom Twelve students and two teachers in Connecticut experienced watery eyes and scratchy throats after a classroom was contaminated with a defensive spray, school officials said.  The incident happened at the New Haven Public Schools on the morning of Thursday, May 19, in a classroom at Wexler-Grant School, according to a NHPS representative. The students and teachers were taken to Yale New Haven Hospital to be checked out after experiencing symptoms of an "airborne irritant," officials said. The New Haven Fire Department found evidence that a cubicle in the classroom had been contaminat…

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