Get The Lead Out

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38. SC: South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Lead Testing in Schools and Child Care Programs, accessed at [LINK]
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39. SD: South Dakota Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Lead in Schools, accessed at [LINK]
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42. UT: Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Utah’s Lead-Free Learning Initiative, revised February 3, 2022, accessible at [LINK]
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43. VT:Vermont Official State Website, Lead in School and Child Care Drinking Water Results, with Summary accessible at [LINK] and specific school results at[LINK]
44. VA: Virginia State Law Portal, § 22.1-135.1. Potable water; lead testing, accessible at [LINK]
45. WA: Bruce Speight and John Rumpler, “Lead in the Water: Statewide Data Reveals Elevated Levels of Lead in School Drinking Water in Washington” release February 20th, 2019 [LINK]
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46. Washington, DC: Sarah Anne Hughes, “D.C. Tested Public Schools’ Water for Lead. More Than 60 Had High Levels,” Washington City Paper, June 27, 2016, accessible at [LINK];
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47. WV: WHSV, “West Virginia gets $262K from the EPA to test for lead in school drinking water,” April 1, 2020, accessed at [LINK]
48. WI: Milwaukee Public Schools, “Milwaukee Public Schools releases results of water quality testing,” December 16, 2016, accessed at [LINK] Rock County: Wisconsin Environmental Public Health Tracking Program, “Evaluating the Risk of Lead in School Drinking Water,” accessed at [LINK] and Madison Public Schools, “Lead Water Testing,” accessed on 3/10/22 at [LINK]
49. WY: Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, “Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act), Section 2107 – Lead Testing in School and Child Care Facility Program,” 2019, accessed at [LINK]