Archive for February 2022
Maine schools’ drinking water affected with high lead levels
According to the Portland Press Herald, about one-third of the sites sampled so far in Maine’s statewide testing of school water exceed the acceptable limit for lead (https://www.pressherald.com/2022/02/15/about-a-third-of-sites-tested-in-maines-schools-exceed-limit-for-lead-in-water/). While there is no safe level of lead that can be consumed in the body, Maine set its acceptable limit for lead in drinking water at 4…
Read MorePrivate Wells in Minnesota Contaminated with 1,4-Dioxane
According to the StarTribune, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is recommending that a portion of an Andover, Minnesota neighborhood be connected to the city’s municipal water system after 40 homes with private wells were found to be contaminated with high levels of the cancer-causing chemical 1,4-dioxane. The homes are located near the now defunct…
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