Category: Public health
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What’s Best for Kids: Bottled Water or Fountains?
Tap water may be better for kids than sugary sodas, but many schools have lead-contaminated water (file photo). This story is part of a special series that explores the global water crisis. For more clean water news, photos, and information, visit National Geographic’s Freshwater Web site. As the U.S. taste for bottled water grows, environmentalists…
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New York governor signs law mandating lead testing in schools
(Photo: Peter Carr/The Journal News) ALBANY — Schools in New York will have to test drinking water for lead contamination. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation into law Tuesday that will require the state’s nearly 700 districts to conduct the testing, and he separately ordered the state Health Department to require districts to test the water…
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New Tests Reveal 15 out of 15 of Indiana’s Coal Ash Ponds Are Leaking
Photo: Barbara Deardorff draws water from her tap in Wheatfield, Indiana. Dangerous chemicals from a nearby coal ash pond have leached into the local groundwater. As new research reveals widespread contamination, pro-coal industries are pushing to weaken federal rules on coal ash and give regulatory authority back to states like Indiana, which has a dismal…
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Detroit schools shutting off drinking water because of lead, copper
Click the link below to view the USA TODAY motion graphic showing how lead can get into your drinking water, and the full story. Ramon Padilla, Karl Gelles and Shannon Green, USA TODAY The Detroit school district is shutting off drinking water to all of its schools after test results found elevated levels of lead…
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Upper Dublin parents asked to send kids to school with bottled water
HORSHAM, Pa. (WPVI) — Parents are being asked to send their children to school with bottled water, and one state representative is calling for school officials to do more. "We should not tolerate chemicals in our schools and the Upper Dublin School District needs to do more." Sharp words from North Wales Republican State Rep.…
