District Heights PGCPS School: Unsafe Levels of Lead in Drinking Water

Fox5 News reports that "Upset parents claim Md. school building unsafe, causing students, staff to get sick" due to mold in the building. 
yet "the district feels the building is safe."   

District Height parents may also want to be aware that lead tainted water was found in their building. PGCPS has stated that parents were not informed of these lead levels. 

Take a look at the levels of lead in the water from this testing below and please note that the American Academy of Pediatrics states that the safe level should be under 1ppb (parts per billion of lead in the water). 

Here are lead test results for District Heights in 2011 (See below). This shows lead levels which are not safe for children, however these levels are not breaking the law and there is no requirement that the water be turned off.
THESE LEVELS ARE NOT SAFE.
There is a level of 14 ppb lead in a water fountain. It could very well be much higher today 6 years later!
What about the other taps?
In Short: DO NOT DRINK THE WATER

Testing from 2010 indicates only a few taps were tested . Note the high level of 21 here. 

Testing going back to  2009 seems to indicate lead in the water.

The question is:

Why were parents not informed?

What happened after lead was found?

Why weren't other taps tested considering the lead found in the water?

PGCPS sent a list of 88 Schools with water taps off but District Heights was not one of them. Is the water still on in this school despite no testing for lead levels in years. Clearly there is lead tainted water in the school.

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