Sadly, the history of lead in drinking water in schools shows that it’s usually the parents who corner the schools into testing and informing the school community about the issue and remediating for lead in water. In New York, the state legislature last month approved a bill that would be the nation’s first to mandate that public schools test their drinking water for lead. For many contaminants in drinking water, it’s very natural for a one-time test to do the trick. ADVERTISEMENTIt may have started in Portland, where elevated levels of lead were found in the drinking water at two public elementary schools last month. Schools in Chicago, Atlanta, D.C. and other school districts across the country have seen similar results from water testing in recent months.

Source: Huffington Post July 13, 2016 21:22 UTC