Friday, December 13, 2024

Tag: U.S. Schools Have a Drinking Water Problem — They Can’t Get the Lead Out

U.S. Schools Have a Drinking Water Problem — They Can’t Get the Lead Out

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    by Kaiser Health News, Childrens Health Defense:

    A new report by Environment America Research & Policy Center showed most states fall short in providing oversight for lead in schools — and the testing that has happened to this point shows widespread contamination from rural towns to major cities.

    On a recent day in this 19th-century mining town turned tourist hot spot, students made their way into the Granite High School lobby and past a new filtered water bottle fill station.