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2020-03-04 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 美国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Contact Information: Environmental News (Lenexa, Kan., March 4, 2020) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 announced $460,000 in grant funding for the Iowa Department of Education to help schools and child care programs in Iowa test for lead within their drinking water systems. “Knowing that no blood lead level is safe for our children, EPA is committed to continuing a collaborative approach with our state partners to address the threat of lead exposure and protect the health of our nation’s most vulnerable,” said EPA Region 7 Administrator Jim Gulliford. “With the support of these grants, we’re able to help more schools and child care programs test for lead in their drinking water to ensure children are not being exposed by the water they drink while in their care.” “This grant program will raise awareness of water quality through voluntary lead testing and education, which will help ensure healthy learning environments for students in Iowa schools and child care centers,” said Iowa Department of Education Director Ryan Wise. Under EPA’s new Voluntary Lead Testing in Schools and Child Care grant program, EPA has awarded $43.7 million in grants toward funding the implementation of testing for lead in drinking water. This funding is a resource, which creates or expands programs to test for lead in drinking water at schools and child care programs in states and the District of Columbia. EPA’s 3Ts (Training, Testing, and Taking Action) for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools will be used by the grantees to assist schools in implementing lead in drinking water testing including identifying sources of lead, such as fountains. Testing results carried out using grant funds must be made publicly available. BackgroundUnder Administrator Wheeler’s leadership, in December 2018 EPA and its federal partners announced the Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Associated Health Impacts. Through this Action Plan, EPA is working to reduce lead exposures from multiple sources, including paint, ambient air, and soil and dust contamination. As part of the Action Plan, EPA proposed a rule in October 2019 that significantly improves the actions that water systems must take to reduce lead in the nation’s drinking water. This proposed rule represents the first major overhaul of the Lead and Copper Rule since 1991 and will better protect children in schools and child care facilities by requiring water systems to take drinking water samples from the schools and child care facilities served by the system. In addition, the Agency is taking other significant actions to modernize aging water infrastructure and reduce exposure to lead, including:
# # # Learn more about this grant and EPA’s WIIN grant programs Learn more about EPA Region 7 View all Region 7 news releases Connect with EPA Region 7 on Facebook: www.facebook.com/eparegion7 Follow us on Twitter: @EPARegion7 |
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来源平台 | us environmental protection agency (epa) |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/229362 |
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