The Brief
- A new interactive map shows the lead levels in drinking water at schools and child care centers in Minnesota.
- MDH says of the schools and child care centers that have reported results, 76% of the drinking water fixtures had no lead detected.
- State law requires public schools, charter schools and licensed child care centers to test for lead and report the results to MDH.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Minnesota Department of Health has released an interactive map that will show people how much lead has been detected in the drinking water at all public and charter schools and licensed child care centers in the state.
Lead in drinking water map
Local perspective:
The map of lead drinking water test results for schools and child care centers is available here.
The map allows users to search by facility name and view results of how much lead was found, if any, in the drinking water. …