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Lead contamination report card gives Mountain West states failing grades

KUNC | By Emma VandenEinde
Published April 3, 2023 at 10:44 AM MDT
Environment America’s “Get The Lead Out” report card, published last month, gives an F to Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming because they have no laws or requirements to address lead contamination in school drinking water.
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Environment America’s “Get The Lead Out” report card, published last month, gives an F to Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming because they have no laws or requirements to address lead contamination in school drinking water.

An environmental group recently released its grades for how states are handling lead contamination in school drinking water – and half of the states in the Mountain West states are failing.

An environmental group recently released its grades for how states are handling lead contamination in school drinking water – and half of the states in the Mountain West states are failing.

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