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Advocates Push Mandatory Lead Testing, Filters in Massachusetts Schools and Child‑Care Sites
Summary
After years of voluntary testing, public‑health groups and lawmakers asked the Joint Committee to require schools and child‑care facilities to install certified filters or bottle‑filling stations when testing finds lead above a health‑based threshold, and to set a 1 ppb action level.
Advocates told the Joint Committee that Massachusetts still lacks mandatory, statewide protections for lead in school drinking water and urged passage of legislation to require action when tests detect elevated lead levels.
Senator Lovely, sponsor of S.631 and co‑sponsor Rep. Libergare Abediam, said the bill would remove lead from drinking water "in all schools and childcare centers in our commonwealth" by requiring installation of point‑of‑use certified filters or filtered water‑bottle filling stations when taps exceed a health‑based level. "Lead is a potent…
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