Toxic lead Found In Water At State-Run Centers For Disabled In Texas

Dangerously high levels of lead has been discovered in the water at three state-run centers for the disabled in Texas. Authorities said that people were exposed to potential poisoning at the Texas State Supported Living Centers that house 590 disabled residents. The director of the Brenham center wrote a letter to families and guardians of its 272 residents, telling them that bottled water was being used for drinking, cooking and teeth brushing. RT reports: Water at three out of the 13 state-run centers for the disabled tested positive for lead levels above and beyond what the US Environmental Protection Agency considers the threshold for action, the Dallas Morning News reported. They are the State Supported Living Centers in Brenham, El Paso, and San Angelo. All three facilities recorded water with lead levels higher than 104 parts per billion – that’s at least seven times higher than the 15 parts per billion the EPA considers safe for consumption. At one unnamed facility, a test showed lead levels of 266 parts per billion. “The water is not safe to drink,” Virginia Tech researcher Siddhartha Roy, who helped test lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, told the Dallas Morning News. “These numbers clearly indicate a [...]