Lead is toxic, and a report shows that Ohio is failing to protect kids from it.
In addition to damage to the brain, theproblems with nervous system, development, hearing and speech, as well as slowed growth and development.
Yet Ohio has no regulatory requirements or state laws addressing lead in schools’ drinking water. The state previously used a program to test water at 14 percent of schools. However, the program ended in 2018. The state does have free voluntary testing available to licensed childcare providers who register with the, though currently it's only available in Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, and Lucas counties.
To protect kids, the report recommends using filters certified to remove lead, enacting policies to prevent the usage of plumbing that leaches lead into water, replacing all lead service lines, require frequent testing, immediately shutting off taps where tests find lead and disclosing publicly the presence of lead in infrastructure and remediation plans.
Cleveland housing has lead problems, too. In 2019 Cleveland passed legislation requiring rental property owners to certify their units are safe from lead, but less than 10 percent of rental homes meet that requirement today. Lead Safe Auditor Robert Fischer told the City Council that Cleveland is only receiving about 1,000 certification applications quarterly, less than half of the roughly 2,500 it should.
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