{"id":2490,"date":"2018-10-09T10:12:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T10:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2018-10-04T19:45:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T19:45:22","slug":"tap-water-lead-contamination-in-us-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/tap-water-lead-contamination-in-us-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"More News About Tap Water Contamination in U.S. Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With increased media coverage, more communities across the nation are beginning to take a deeper look at the potential for lead contamination inside school buildings. This is a particularly important topic since children are at greater risk of experiencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/lead-drinking-water-health-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health problems from lead exposure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are a few of the latest new stories from across the United States showing what is being realized and done about the lead crisis facing our schools:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In <strong>Detroit<\/strong>, where water fountains were cut off due to the detection of high levels of lead, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganradio.org\/post\/detroit-students-stage-count-day-walkout-protest-school-water-contamination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">students staged a walkout to demand the lead problem be adequately addressed and resolved<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In <strong>Los Angeles<\/strong>, the Daily News reports that <a 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