Most school districts in the U.S. are not testing their drinking water for lead, a Government Accountability Office report published Tuesday found.
The finding, reported Wednesday by Stat, paints an alarming picture for water safety. Just 4 in 10 school districts conducted tests in 2016 and 2017, but 37 percent of the schools that ran tests found elevated levels of lead in drinking water.
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