Monday, July 29, 2019

Lead-based paint in our schools

The GAO recently released a report which found that an estimated 15.2 million children in the U.S. go to schools in school districts whose buildings had lead-based paint. You may know that, since 1978, there has been a government ban on the use of lead-based paint in housing. The GAO found that 72% of the school districts investigated are not even inspecting their buildings for lead-based paint hazards. Among the 12% that do inspect for lead hazards, more than half found them.

The schools seem to want to keep things secret as 58% of school districts did not notify parents of their findings and 46% did not tell school board members.

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