Sentences with phrase «lead in the water at»

New York City has also faced issues with lead in the water at public schools.

-LSB-...] York City has also faced issues with lead in the water at public schools.

About 20 percent of the Long Island school districts that said they tested for lead in water at their schools reported finding the metal at levels that caused them to shut down fountains and replace fixtures, according to a Newsday / News 12 Long Island survey.

Aside from academics, there also have been controversies involving the school system's handling of its food - service contract and, more recently, over the testing of lead in water at city schools.

Not exact matches

At one recent workshop I led, we discovered that one executive had been a ball boy for the U.S. Open tennis tournament in his youth, and one attorney is an avid and regular surfer in the waters of New York City.

He has refused to limit the use of numerous pesticides; he has repealed regulations on methane flares; he has punted on the question of addressing lead in water, which we know is definitely not a problem in this country, insisting that the question demands at least six years of further study.

In recent months, British Columbians were shocked to learn that lead had been discovered in the water at several B.C. schoolIn recent months, British Columbians were shocked to learn that lead had been discovered in the water at several B.C. schoolin the water at several B.C. schools.

More than 350 leading college entrepreneurs and 150 world leaders gathered at the Kairos Global Summit in New York City earlier this year to collaborate and create innovations and business models that address key global issues, including clean water, the global financial crisis, energy consumption, natural disasters, healthcare and more.

Think of lead contaminated water at Vancouver Island schools, asbestos exposure at a school in Abbotsford and delays in upgrading seismically unsound schools across the Lower Mainland.

I thought I grew out of the flags and the happy - clappy Jesus - is - my - boyfriend songs, that I was too wise and smart for such sentimental things but in my maturity now I want to shout out hallelujah and fling myself to the ground prostrate, in gratitude for dirt and little boys, for babies and the lines around my eyes, for Johnny Cash and pine trees at dusk, for the taste of cold water and the vineyard, for the piano and the ones from among us who stand to lead us out into the day singing.

«33 The reason is attributed to the availability of adequate soil coverage and water systems in Nazareth that make agriculture possible even at the hilltop.34 Archaeological digs at Nazareth by Bagatti has shown that the artifacts recovered under the shrines of Nazareth, among others, include silos, olive - pressing and wine - pressing installations, cisterns, and holes for storage jars, some of which coming from a period as early as the Iron Age.35 This led Meyers and Strange to conclude that Nazareth was a peasant village since «the principal activity of these villagers was agriculture.

This article is adapted from a Bible study former president Jimmy Carter led in July at the assembly of the Baptist World Alliance, which met in Birmingham, England, under the theme «Jesus Christ, Living Water»

The prophet Moses was very active in the confrontations with Pharaoh which led up to the victory at the Red Sea and in the miracle of the parting of the waters.

The first, characteristic of Reinhold Niebuhr and other «Christian realists,» is to worry that this attempt at uniting justice and mercy will either water down the Christian ideal of pure love, which leads necessarily to pacifism even in the face of attack, or that it will persuade politicians to be irresponsibly merciful and trusting towards those nations and powers that threaten it.

As Dr. J. S. Whale exclaims, «If water might suddenly freeze in midsummer; if the specific gravity of lead might at any time become that of thistledown; if pigs might fly or the White House turn into green cheese — man's life would be a nightmare.»

These included further deliveries of S&L's plug - and - play FAST ® (Fixed Activated Sludge Treatment) systems to a world class outback mining operation to produce an effluent water quality class of A, suitable for recycling clarifiers of 50m diameter, and the market leading Pista ® grit removal system, which guarantees grit removal of 95 % at 105 microns in sewage treatment plants.

Leading the way on sustainable solutions has long been at the core of our business and America's leading beverage companies are in constant pursuit of developing the best water saving technologies on the Leading the way on sustainable solutions has long been at the core of our business and America's leading beverage companies are in constant pursuit of developing the best water saving technologies on the leading beverage companies are in constant pursuit of developing the best water saving technologies on the planet.

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To help achieve its sustainability goals, Bakkavor Group, the UK's leading manufacturer of fresh prepared foods, has appointed waste water treatment specialist Aquabio to design and construct a state - of - the - art effluent treatment and water recycling facility, at its Cucina Sano business based in Boston, Lincolnshire.

«We've seen the AWS Standard help businesses translate global commitments into on - the - ground action, which includes working with others in a basin on shared water challenges,» said Alexis Morgan, Water Stewardship Lead atwater challenges,» said Alexis Morgan, Water Stewardship Lead atWater Stewardship Lead at WWF.

This month, soft drinks commentator Richard Corbett takes a look at Vita Coco, the market - leading coconut water brand that is reportedly in PepsiCo's sights.

After all, if you got up to get a drink of water (or, as was needed by fans of both sides in any of the previous games... not water) there was a chance that by the time you got back the lead would have changed at least once.

A lead can come undone in a hurry at the Honda Classic, with water creeping up along almost every fairway and green.

a mentally retarded black man doing everything a human being could possibly do at a high school football game — greeting the crowd, providing radio commentary, delivering the pregame pep talk, running water bottles to the players, cheering with the cheerleaders, leading the halftime marching band and racing across the field with the school flag after touchdowns — everything except actually playing, and basking in his town's love every mad minute of it.

And on a Friday night in a South Carolina town, his encounter with a mentally retarded black man doing everything a human being could possibly do at a high school football game — greeting the crowd, providing radio commentary, delivering the pregame pep talk, running water bottles to the players, cheering with the cheerleaders, leading the halftime marching band and racing across the field with the school flag after touchdowns — everything except actually playing, and basking in his town's love every mad minute of it.

In the 400 - meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials, Angelo Taylor decided he would try to blow the field out of the water early, taking a massive lead all the way into the home stretch starting in Lane In the 400 - meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials, Angelo Taylor decided he would try to blow the field out of the water early, taking a massive lead all the way into the home stretch starting in Lane in Lane 6.

Gorman claimed bronze in similar wet and cold conditions in the Junior Women's World Championship race in Auckland last year and in Hyde Park, went two better, leading out of the water and then at the front of the bike before pulling away with the fastest run of the day to claim her first world title.

Anyone who lives in a home with lead pipes may be at risk, and since more than 80 percent of the city's housing stock was built before they were banned, lead is potentially leaching into the drinking water of thousands of children.

In homes with a lead service line, lead can be leaching into the water fairly consistently, or it can be at low levels and suddenly spike, like when a small piece of lead rust comes off, launching the lead levels sky high with no warning, says Edwards.

«Lead poisoning is one of those silent epidemics,» says Dr. Jeffrey Griffiths, professor of public health at Tufts University in Boston, who has advised the EPA on water quality for some time.

When she asked where I got the water from, I took her hand in my grubby little fist and led her to the bathroom where I happily pointed at the toilet.

Consider where you would like to give birth — for example, many women prefer giving birth at home in warm water, through a process facilitated by a midwife led team

Judge Ruben Castillo determined last week in U.S. District Court in Chicago that allowing lead shot to fall into ponds at the site violates the federal Clean Water Act.

The latest soil, groundwater, surface water and sediment testing at Sportsman's Park in Naperville found lead concentrations in wells within Illinois Environmental Protection Agency standards for drinking water and groundwater, according to the Naperville Park District.

The Park District is installing a net over the waterway, at a cost of $ 3,000, so that birds do not ingest lead shot that is in the water, said Ken Brissa, the Park District's executive director.

Preliminary soil and water testing at Sportsman's Park found lead just outside the eastern fence line in addition to the expected trap shooting and gun range areas, according to the Naperville Park District.

Intervention leads to intervention, as is well known by moms who go in for inductions and wind up with Pitocin, their water broken, an ineffective epidural, a forceps attempt at delivery, an episiotomy, and ultimately a C - section for «emergency» reasons.

David Anderson, a leading expert in motor development, professor at San Francisco State University and researcher at UC Berkeley's Institute of Human Development tells us why you should get your baby moving in the water ASAP.

In addition to lead paint, older homes can also put kids at risk because of older lead plumbing, causing elevated water lead levels.

If the bottle contains anything other than water, what you have is an acidic solution that is washing over the teeth and decalcifying them, which can lead to cavities, says Art Nowak, MD, a professor in the departments of pediatric dentistry and pediatrics at the University of Iowa.

Environmental advocates are calling on state lawmakers to use the final six weeks of the session to develop and pass legislation requiring lead and copper water testing at the tap in New York schools and, if necessary, remediation of contamination.

The appearance of Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a student - led rally and walkout protesting gun violence provided some fish - out - of - water images of the besuited state executive lying on the ground for the «die - in» and clapping somewhat out of syncopation with chants.

Concerned about children's exposure to lead found in drinking water, lawmakers met with reporters today at the state capitol in Albany to discuss a last - minute push to require lead testing in all public schools.

The group pointed to the revelations that NYCHA submitted false certifications for lead paint inspections in recent years and that 80 percent of NYCHA tenants, or more than 323,000 residents, went without heat or hot water at some point this winter as examples of how NYCHA has allegedly failed to protect the health and safety of its tenants.

At least Monday's rain didn't worsen flooding along the Lake Ontario shoreline, where high waters have been a problem leading to declarations of a state of emergency in Niagara County's four lakeshore towns.

At the same time, the Democratic - led Assembly plans to hold public hearings on water quality issues in early September.

While the children of Flint, Michigan face the danger of lead in their water, it is old lead paint on the walls of area homes that puts our children at risk.

In light of lead concerns at two elementary schools, the Ithaca City School System has turned off drinking water sources in all of its schooIn light of lead concerns at two elementary schools, the Ithaca City School System has turned off drinking water sources in all of its schooin all of its school.

High lead levels in drinking water fountains and some classroom sinks turned up at both the Caroline and Enfield Elementary Schools.

Lead has been discovered in water in the Ithaca City School District, and more recently in some sinks at the Jordan - Elbridge Central School District.