Lead exposure can be especially harmful to children who can absorb more lead than adults and cause damaging effects to their brains and nervous systems.
, called enforcement of the law “unfortunate” and “disappointing” — and said it was “unconscionable” that many centers had yet to test their drinking water. The nonprofit sponsored the legislation requiring the testing and publicly released facilities’ results earlier this year.
She added that providers know about lead's hazards “and should do all that they can to protect children in their care." Though the state has set a limit, there is no amount of lead in drinking water that’s considered safe.A DSS spokesperson did not answer why the agency had cited only a mere fraction of the noncompliant facilities, but did say it continues to receive test results from centers that missed the deadline earlier this year.
All 58 of the state’s counties had at least one larger child care provider that did not test before the Jan. 1 cutoff, anshows. But citations were given in only 34 counties. In San Diego, just 29 citations were issued among the some 570 providers overdue for testing; only one was given out of 57 Imperial County providers that missed the deadline.
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