K-12 Education: Lead Testing of School Drinking Water Would Benefit from Improved Federal Guidance – GAO

Lead Poisoning (in Children) – YaleMedicine

“Lead is especially a problem in Connecticut, where three-quarters of the housing stock was built before 1978, says Marta Wilczynski, a licensed clinical social worker at Yale’s Lead Poisoning and Regional Treatment Center. ‘It’s not a problem exclusive to low-income housing. The rates of lead poisoning are higher in urban, multi-family units, but there are plenty of middle- and upper-class families living in historic homes,’ Wilczynski says. ‘They’re attracted to the charm of beautiful stained glass, built-in hutches, and white picket fences—all of which often contain lead.'”