Energy & Environment
HISD should do more to address lead contamination in the water at schools, local groups say
Posted on · Past testing by the district found more than 200 schools had at least one tap test positive for lead contamination.
Tag: lead
Health & Science
Harris County Launches Program to Prevent Lead Poisoning in Children
Posted on · In 2016, more than 1,000 children tested positive for elevated blood lead levels
News
Troubled By Flint Water Crisis, 11-Year-Old Girl Invents Lead-Detecting Device
Posted on · The Colorado seventh-grader was unimpressed by the options her parents had to test water in their home. So she created a sensor-based device using chemically treated carbon nanotubes to do it faster
Education News
HISD Tests Water For Lead At More Schools While Advocates Push For Higher Safety Standards
Posted on · Texas law doesn’t require schools to test for lead in drinking water or require remediation.
Houston Matters
How Dangerous is Lead in Houston School Drinking Water?
Posted on · Environment Texas, an Austin-based environmental advocacy group, recently gave Texas a failing grade on keeping drinking water safe in public school districts. In a report from the group released late last month, they noted that 65 percent of Texas schools tested have measured unsafe levels of lead. And HISD is included in that bunch, having […]
Full Show
Political Roundup, and Lead in School Drinking Water: Wednesday’s Show (March 8, 2017)
Posted on · It's time again for our weekly political roundup and analysis of national, state and local political stories. On this edition of Houston Matters, we discuss everything from President Trump’s allegations of wiretapping, to Homeland Security executing the president’s second executive order temporarily banning travel from six predominantly Muslim countries, to the Texas Legislature’s first hearing […]
Houston Matters
Craig Visits the Curling Club of Houston
Posted on · I have a quadrennial fascination with curling. Every winter Olympics, I find myself transfixed by the event that seems like some bizarre combination of shuffleboard, marbles, bowling, and an intense desire to clean. And I'm not alone – during the last Olympics, the Curling Club of Houston offered a "learn to curl" session at the […]