Sentences with phrase «testing drinking water»

He said testing drinking water for lead might make sense in the event county health inspectors fail to find any lead paint problems in the home.

Experts said testing the drinking water in homes where a child is already lead poisoned is critical.

It also aims to improve recycling policies State - wide and provide cleaner water by establishing and promoting stricter standards for testing drinking water from private wells.

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Despite this, the Christy Clark government refuses to test drinking water in other schools and public buildings such as social housing.

In it, she reports on the possibility of using a little - noticed provision in the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act to require schools to test their drinking water for dangerous contaminants such as lead.

In Muscogee County, home of Columbus, a school district spokesperson said the district doesn't test the drinking water for lead «because none of our schools are fed with lead pipes for water.»

Dan Telvock reported on Nov. 7 that the authority cut corners in its program to test the drinking water it supplies to some 550,000 customers in Western New York, primarily those in -LSB-...]

Schumer said his bill would help daycare centers and schools across the state to test drinking water for possible lead contamination.

While the Cuomo administration is pushing the U.S. EPA to test all drinking water sources for dangerous chemicals, environmental groups say the state should take action.

The Erie County Health Department rarely tests drinking water for lead in homes where a child has been diagnosed a high blood - lead level.

Dan Telvock of Investigative Post reports on shortcomings in the city program to test drinking water for lead.

«That includes this year's landmark achievements to fully fund the Environmental Protection Fund and the new law just signed to require schools statewide to test their drinking water systems for lead contamination.

Last month, state law went into effect requiring all schools test their drinking water for the toxic material.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to send inspectors to the City of Ithaca to test drinking water sources in all Ithaca City Schools.

High PFOS levels reported for alligators at several sites may suggest the need to test drinking water for contamination at those locations, according to the researchers.

Podgorski comments: «This is an alarmingly high number, which demonstrates the urgent need to test all drinking water wells in the Indus Plain.»

There's still a lot of money on the table for Michigan schools that wish to test their drinking water for lead.

But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency «strongly recommends» schools test drinking water for lead.

Not exact matches

Researchers from the National University of Singapore have created a bevy of robotic swans that test the quality of drinking water in Singapore's reservoirs.

With nitrate levels 30 per cent higher than Canada Drinking Water Quality guidelines, it's no wonder why the Environment Minister is hiding the test results.

VICTORIA — After the Christy Clark government refused to take the issue of lead in the drinking water of North Coast communities seriously, B.C. New Democrat MLA for the North Coast, Jennifer Rice, initiated water testing in three social housing units...

«The results of the tests I initiated show that the drinking water in one of the social housing homes has lead concentration levels that are too high,» said Rice.

The Christy Clark government needs to take these test results seriously and start testing all of the drinking water in public buildings, particularly where children frequent, in the North West.»

VICTORIA — After the Christy Clark government refused to take the issue of lead in the drinking water of North Coast communities seriously, B.C. New Democrat MLA for the North Coast, Jennifer Rice, initiated water testing in three social housing units in her community.

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The testing of a wife's fidelity by making her drink a concoction of water and dirt, with the premise that if she didn't get sick, she was not guilty.

Consumer Reports tested samples of apple and grape juice and found that 10 percent of the samples had total arsenic levels that exceeded federal drinking - water standards of 10 parts per billion (ppb) and 25 percent of the samples had lead levels higher than the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) bottled - water limit of 5 ppb.

-- Drinking water fountain spigots had the highest amount of bacteria on the tested surfaces — 2.7 million bacterial cells per square inch.

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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.

Home pregnancy tests can not accurately judge how your hCG levels are rising and the darkness of the line can vary based on the time of day and amount of water you've been drinking.

Families who use well water for drinking or formula preparation should test their water for nitrates.

It does recommend, however, that all schools test their water outlets used for drinking.

Fill a test tube or drinking glass about 3/4 full of water.

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The UCLA / RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, a CDC - funded prevention research program, has been test - driving a way to get children drinking more water at mealtime to help combat America's obesity epidemic.

Students in a Brooklyn elementary - school classroom drank from a fountain whose water was more contaminated than Flint, Mich.'s — laden with 1,000 times the amount of lead permitted by federal safety regulations, a December test revealed.

At the same time, this Administration has initiated an aggressive response to ensure Hoosick Falls residents have clean drinking water and peace of mind — including expanded well and blood testing, installing water filtration systems at no cost, and beginning work on finding an alternative water source.»

The end of the session that year included agreements for lead testing in school drinking water, backed by Sen. Tom O'Mara, and the enactment of mixed - martial arts legalization, which the Senate had repeatedly passed.

The New York Public Interest Research Group has opened an online database giving residents a shortcut to accessing federal and state test results for contaminants in drinking water.

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.

State mandated drinking water testing has found high lead levels in eleven local school districts.

The New York Democrat in September introduced an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to expand water testing for unregulated drinking water contaminants to all public water suppWater Resources Development Act that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to expand water testing for unregulated drinking water contaminants to all public water suppwater testing for unregulated drinking water contaminants to all public water suppwater contaminants to all public water suppwater supplies.

Cuomo's office has also worked to bolster its clean water credentials, signing a bill this week that would require New York schools to test for lead in drinking water.

And fueled by drinking water contamination in Hoosick Falls and Newburgh, there is companion legislation that requires nearly all public drinking water supplies in the state to be tested for emerging contaminants.

Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif in a statement knocked Cronin, noting the amount of support backed by Hannon for water quality in the budget, as well as legislation to test for lead in school drinking water.

The Vermont Health Department is offering more blood test clinics for Bennington residents who have been exposed to a potentially cancer causing chemical in their drinking water.

The marathon 20 hours of wheeling and dealing behind closed doors produced votes to approve a last - minute ethics bill, a mandate to test school drinking water supplies for lead, money for SUNY and CUNY, more money and operating flexibility for charter schools, $ 570 million for «supportive housing» for the homeless, and continued state control of the New York Racing Association until October 2017.

The district is offering free blood testing to students and staff that may have drank the water and is hosting a public meeting at 7 p.m. Monday to discuss test results with parents.