Indiana schools are facing the challenge of lead contamination in their drinking water, with hundreds of schools recently finding toxic levels of lead. WRTV Investigates and ABC News Investigative Unit are partnering to explore the actions taken by schools and government leaders to ensure the safety of children. Legislation has been filed to address the issue after lead levels exceeding the federal action level were discovered in seven northwestern Indiana schools.
Indiana schools are grappling with how to keep lead out of their drinking water more than three years after a new law took effect that requires school districts to test for it. WRTV Investigates found hundreds of schools throughout the state that have recently found lead, a toxic metal, in their drinking water . WRTV is partnering with ABC News Investigative Unit to find out what schools and government leaders are doing to keep children safe.
In 1986, the federal government banned the use of lead pipes, and for good reason. "It causes so many cognitive damages, learning disabilities, behavioral issues and the list goes on,” said Rep. Carolyn Jackson, D-Hammond. You can’t see or taste lead, but the poisonous metal can show up in drinking water throughout Indiana--- typically it gets into the water via plumbing fixtures and service lines that run from the water main to the building. Jackson filed legislation after hearing about problems in her own district— lead levels in the drinking water at seven northwestern Indiana schools that exceeded the federal action leve
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