Not Just In Flint: California Schools Struggle With Lead In Drinking Water
The ongoing problem is coming to the forefront as national attention focuses on lead contamination because of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
The Desert Sun:
Don't Drink The Water: Lead Found In California Schools
For two years, the students at Orange Center Elementary School outside of Fresno have been told not to drink the water. Drinking fountains are turned off and instead, children refill bottles from five-gallon water coolers placed in every classroom. Lead in the tap water means there's also no cooking allowed. Prepared meals are brought in from outside the school, but some students in this poor community prefer to carry lunches from home. It will be at least next school year before the school's own drinking water is drinkable again. (Newkirk, 3/16)