Hawaii to test for lead in public schools’ drinking water
The maximum level of lead in drinking water should be zero, because even very low exposures to the toxic heavy metal can cause nervous system damage, learning disabilities and other health problems in infants and children, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lead-in-drinking-water website.
“This has been a big issue since the Flint, Mich., crisis (where in 2016, thousands of children were found to have been exposed to high levels of lead leaching from old water pipes),” said Dr. Diana Felton, state toxicologist in the Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office of the Hawaii state Department of Health.
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