Guidance Says Testing Well Water May Reduce Health Risks to Children

摘要

New guidance offered by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recommends that private well water should be tested yearly, if not more often, to help reduce health risks to children. The report says that water contamination is inherently local and that families with wells need to keep in contact with health experts to determine what should be tested in their area.