Daily News | Lead detected in drinking water at almost all Atlantic County school systems tested, study shows
92% of the schools in Atlantic County that provided testing data to New Jersey, and that is “just the tip of the toxic iceberg” for schools throughout the state,The analysis conducted by the nonprofits Environment New Jersey and the Black Church Center for Justice and Equality looked at lead testing data from 66 of the 72 schools in Atlantic County’s 25 school districts.
However, the EPA has set the maximum contaminant level goal for lead in drinking water at zero because it can be harmful to human health even at low exposure levels. Lead is persistent, and it can accumulate in the body over time. It can be This year, the groups chose Atlantic County, where about 43,000 students attend schools, as a representative South Jersey county system. Doug O’Malley, director of Environment New Jersey, called Atlantic “a Goldilocks county — not too big and not small, not too rural, not too suburban or urban.”
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