U.S.: Schools Nationwide Still Grapple With Lead in Water

Story 1: Anxious parents may wonder how a major school system like Newark’s could overlook lead in the drinking water of 30 schools and 17,000 students. The answer: It was easy. They had to look only a few miles away, at the century-old classrooms of the schools here, across the Hackensack River.

Story 2: While the water crisis in Flint, Mich., has focused attention on water safety, many of the country’s 13,500 public school districts take the purity of their water for granted, experts say. Yet lead contamination has been found in schools nationwide.

Taxonomy

• Public Health
• Human Rights
• Infrastructure

1 Comment

1. Great articles revealing big unknown problems and the need to advocate for safe water for our children and grandchildren.