Spurred by the recent water crisis in Flint, Mich., the Atlanta Public Schools recently tested all of its water sources for lead. Now other metro Atlanta school districts are following suit.
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DeKalb and Fulton have been testing for the past few weeks, and now Cobb County is starting to test schools built before 1998. They’re all using a lead-testing standard set by the Environmental Protection Agency. It recommends taking action when lead levels reach 15 parts per billion.
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