Environment America Research and Policy Center reveals that lead is contaminating drinking water at schools and preschools across the country.
Key findings : Most states are failing to protect children from lead in schools’ drinking water.
- Several states have no requirements for schools and pre-schools to address the threat of lead in drinking water.
- Of the few states with applicable laws, most follow flaws in the federal rules — relying on testing instead of prevention and using standards that allow health-threatening levels of lead to persist in our children’s water at school.
Our children need safe drinking water — especially at school where they go to learn and play each day. Unfortunately, lead is contaminating drinking water at schools and preschools across the country. As our report shows, states are failing to make the grade when it comes to keeping lead out of drinking water at school. Instead of waiting for more testing, we need to proactively replace the fountains, faucets and other lead-bearing parts at the root of this toxic hazard for our children.
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