Inequidades en la exposición de los estudiantes al plomo en las fuentes de agua potable de las aulas: evidencia

Michelle Spiegel1, Emily K Penner1, Andrew Penner2

  • 1School of Education, University of California, Irvine.

Urban education
|August 29, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Los estudiantes negros e hispanos, y los que no hablan inglés como primer idioma, enfrentan una mayor exposición potencial al plomo en el agua potable en la escuela. Esta desigualdad se debe principalmente a la segregación escolar, lo que pone de relieve la necesidad de realizar amplios esfuerzos de remediación.

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