USA Today Investigates 'Lead in Your Water'
Across the Gannett chain Sunday, Laura Ungar's investigation was front-page news.
In the shadow of the Flint, Mich. water scandal, USA Today national and regional enterprise health reporter Laura Ungar has shared more sobering news. Hundreds of schools and daycare facilities across the U.S. have failed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lead-in-water tests between 2012 and 2015; she also surmises that many more schools not required to submit to testing because they rely on a municipally regulated water source may nevertheless be exceeding acceptable levels due to decaying infrastructure.
Ungar has been busy these past few days talking about her findings on SiriusXM, Al Jazeera English and Maine Public Radio.
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