National Drinking Water Alliance
- Jan 28, 2019
Canada Stresses the Importance of Drinking Water in New Food Guide
Canada’s Food Guide has just been revised and it encourages Canadians to make water their “beverage of choice.” The Food Guide’s new dietary advice graphic is a colorful photograph of a plate with a glass of water beside it. This graphic replaces the rainbow image. The Guide says, “Sugary drinks … should not be consumed regularly” and defines sugary drinks as including soft drinks, fruit-flavoured drinks, 100% fruit juice, flavoured waters with added sugars, sport and energy
National Drinking Water Alliance
- Jan 9, 2019
New Report on State Approaches to Testing School Drinking Water for Lead
All kids, no matter where they live, should have access to safe drinking water in school. Drinking water in place of sugary drinks is important for helping kids grow up at a healthy weight and promoting oral health, but water must be safe to drink. Reports of lead contamination have emerged in schools and communities across the country. The focus on this issue is deserved: even at low levels, lead exposure is harmful, especially for young children. New research from National
National Drinking Water Alliance
- Jan 8, 2019
Deadline Extended to Feb. 11 for EPA grant program for states to support lead testing in school and
Due to the current shutdown, the Environmental Protection Agency has extended the deadline for states to submit letters of intent to Feb. 11. The Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking Water Grant will assist local educational agencies in voluntary testing for lead contamination in drinking water at schools and child care programs. The grant program is designed to reduce exposure of children, who are most vulnerable, to lead in drinking water at schools and ch
