In a recent Making the Grade segment from PBS NewsHour, reporter April Brown looked into water contamination in schools. While recent news coverage has focused on the situation in Flint, Mich., schools, districts nationwide have also found higher than acceptable lead levels in their students’ drinking water. How are they addressing this problem? Are they doing enough?
This video segment appeared on PBS NewsHour on April 19, 2016.
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