WASHINGTON (AP) - Parents in Washington are asking city lawmakers to ensure that lead levels in the water at public and charter schools are safe.
Parents attended a joint hearing of the city council’s education and transportation and environment committees Wednesday asking the city government for more transparency high levels of lead were found in water at three schools. In April, parents of children at the schools learned the city failed to notify parents about high lead levels in 2015.
On Tuesday, city officials announced a stricter standard for public drinking water, dropping the threshold for lead from 15 parts per billion, to one part per billion. Meanwhile, D.C. Public Library officials announced that water at four libraries exceeded the previous standard and another 74 drinking fountains exceeded the new standard.
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