DETROIT -- Nearly 50,000 students headed back to school in Detroit, Michigan will be greeted by bottled water this year in lieu of traditional drinking fountains and water faucets, after tests showed elevated levels of lead and copper in the water. According to a statement made on Wednesday, Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD)
Detroit Public Schools to Shut Off All Drinking Water After Tests Show Elevated Lead, Copper Levels
While Michigan residents continue to get the short end of the stick when it comes to clean water, it is unclear just how much bottled-water manufacturers, such as Nestle, profit from lead and other toxic contamination that forces residents, and now schools, to purchase great stores of their water.