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EPA to brief Boxer on toxic school drinking water

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on October 7, 2009 at 7:23 am

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

“A California senator called on the head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to disclose how the agency plans to address the widespread problem of toxic drinking water in the nation’s schools.

Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer wrote the agency in response to an Associated Press investigation showing water supplies at thousands of schools have been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxics.

Contaminants have surfaced at public and private schools in all 50 states, and in small towns and inner cities alike over the last decade. But the AP found the problem has gone largely unmonitored by the federal government, even as the number of water safety violations has multiplied. …”

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October 7, 2009 · Filed Under Drinking Water

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