February 28, 2019

High Lead Levels in Drinking Water in Seattle Public Schools!

According to the February 3, 2019 issue of the Seattle Times, 53% of schools in South Seattle and 36% of North Seattle schools had high lead levels in water from classroom sinks and drinking faucets through early 2018. As of this summer, school district data still showed elevated lead levels in drinking fountains in at least 7 schools and Memorial Stadium at Seattle Center, home to high school and professional games. Lead levels at a drinking fountain in a locker room at Memorial Stadium were 17 parts per billion (ppb), 1.7 times the 10 parts per billion (ppb) lead concentration that the Seattle School District decided on in 2004 for its threshold.