Rep. Mike Hager

a little boy drinks at a water fountain that appears to be in the hallway of a school. Children are particularly vulnerable to lead exposure, and they can get it through drinking contaminated water.

Lawmaker will again attempt to get lead out of water in schools, daycare centers

January 24, 2019 by Greg Barnes

Lawmaker will again attempt to get lead out of water in schools, daycare centers - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina does not test for lead in drinking water in schools and child care centers. State Rep. Harry Warren hopes to change that soon.

By Greg Barnes Parents of students at Red Oak Elementary School in Nash County were never notified after federal officials found excessive levels of lead in the school’s water in July 2015. Instead, school administrators posted a notice on a brick wall in the school’s kitchen. Under state law, it was the only notification they […]

Many older water faucet units contain fittings with brass, which contains up to 8 percent lead, or leaded solder in the copper piping, both of which can leach lead into the water.

Schoolhouse Lead Costs Districts, While State Hangs Back

September 8, 2016 by Rose Hoban

Schoolhouse Lead Costs Districts, While State Hangs Back - North Carolina Health News

The high profile lead-in-water problem in Flint, Michigan has prompted state lawmakers’ concern over the condition of the water in school buildings. But that concern hasn’t translated into action, or funding to address the problem. By Rose Hoban This week, hundreds of thousands of North Carolina children returned to school, and returned to slurping water […]

Medical Tax Exemption Gets Restored in House Budget

May 19, 2015 by Editor

Medical Tax Exemption Gets Restored in House Budget - North Carolina Health News

Republican lawmakers are reconsidering some of the measures passed under tax reform in 2013. By Rose Hoban When Leila Hamilton retired from New York to Chapel Hill for the warm weather and to be near family, she did her homework to figure out how much money she’d have every year. Her IRA and pension from […]

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