环保署宣布2600万美元拨款：减少学校与托育机构饮用水铅暴露
美国环境保护署（EPA）署长 Lee Zeldin 10月29日在华盛顿宣布，将向各州与领地拨款2600万美元，通过「减少儿童学习场所铅暴露拨款计划」处理学校与托育机构饮用水中的铅问题。10月是「儿童健康月」，环保署指出，铅是危险的神经毒素，对儿童危害尤甚。
自2018年以来，环保署已通过该拨款计划提供逾3亿美元，帮助近3.3万家托育机构与1.8万多所学校检测饮用水含铅情况，并推进逾2400家托育机构与4200所学校处理铅管或铅制配件。本次拨款将分配给50个州、哥伦比亚特区与四个领地，部落地区的分配额将另行公布。
「家长应该专注于孩子在学校所受教育的质量，而不必担心铅暴露与饮用水安全，」泽尔丁说。「环保署致力于与州和地方伙伴合作，解决学校中的铅暴露问题，守护孩子们的安全。」
环保署介绍，这项工作是全政府「联邦铅行动计划」的一部分；其运行多年的「培训、检测与行动」计划（3Ts）为各州与地方当局在学校自愿减铅提供信息与建议。环保署近日改版了铅专题网站，汇总预防铅暴露的信息，见美国环保署铅信息页面。
EPA Announces $26 Million to Reduce Lead Exposure in Drinking Water at Schools and Child Care Facilities
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in Washington on October 29 that $26 million in funding will go to states and territories to address lead in drinking water at schools and child care facilities, through the Reducing Lead Where Children Learn Grant Program. October is Children's Health Month, and EPA noted that lead is a dangerous neurotoxin especially harmful to children.
Since 2018, EPA has provided over $300 million through this grant program. That investment has helped nearly 33,000 child care facilities and more than 18,000 schools test their water for lead, while advancing work to address lead pipes or fixtures at over 2,400 child care facilities and 4,200 schools. Allotments for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and four territories accompany the announcement; tribal allotments will be released separately.
"Parents should be focused on the quality of the education their children are receiving at school, not having to worry about lead exposure and the safety of their drinking water," Zeldin said. "EPA is committed to working with our state and local partners to address lead exposure in schools and keep kids safe."
EPA said the effort is part of its work under the government-wide Federal Lead Action Plan, and that its longstanding Training, Testing, and Taking Action program (3Ts) helps states and local authorities build voluntary programs to reduce lead in drinking water at schools. The agency recently published a revamped lead website with information on preventing exposure, available via the EPA's lead information page.
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图片来源：图：位于华盛顿的美国环保署总部大楼（素材库 federal-core 固定图）。GSM 素材库。 / The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters building in Washington. GSM asset library (federal-core pack).
