Almasi stressed that federal environmental officials believe
lead in drinking water comes mainly from corroding faucets, fittings and pipes containing lead.
Not exact matches
Every one of the state's 728 public school districts must run
lead tests on the
water coming from
drinking fountains and most of the sinks
in every school building.
Brown's new initiatives for
lead in drinking water testing
come one day after the Buffalo Common Council passed legislation aimed at addressing chipping and peeling
lead paint hazards
in rental units following two years of reporting by Investigative Post on Buffalo's serious
lead poisoning problem.
His remarks
come a little over a month after Investigative Post reported that disparity, «cheating» and potential conflicts plague Buffalo's sampling program for
lead in drinking water.
The bill, which according to unofficial results passed the Senate 62 - 0,
comes as a number of schools nationwide have found
lead in their
drinking water.
Water samples taken last fall at La Mirada Elementary School
in San Ysidro found alarming levels of
lead coming from eight
drinking fountains.