Baltimore schools opt for bottled water

The Baltimore city school system is abandoning 15 years of efforts to remove the lead in its water fountains and will instead provide bottled water in coolers to all schools. The announcement came after the city Health Department found that 10 fountains that had passed previous tests still contained unacceptably high levels of lead. Schools chief Andres Alonso says it will be cheaper to provide bottled water to all schools than to continue lead testing.

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