Expert advice on safe drinking water for kids

Barbara Correa, the blogger over at L.A. Mama, a parenting blog from the Los Angeles Daily News, has a post about about how to make sure your kids are drinking safe water at home and at school. She did a Q&A with Christopher Gavigan, who heads a Los Angeles organization called Healthy Child Healthy World, and is the author of a new book, "Healthy Child, Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home."

With the news about lead in the water and the plastic scare, what is a parent supposed to do about water? I try to avoid plastic bottles. But it's hard. You're traveling, you need water. Look at the label. You want number 1 or 5 in the label. The five-gallon jugs of water delivered by services are traditionally made of polycarbonate, which is number 7. (That's bad. Polycarbonates contain BPA and other nasty chemicals.)

But there are some that deliver water in glass. And there are those that deliver in containers that are 1 or 5.

So, what if you opt to not use plastic and go with tap water?
In the morning, let your tap run cold to flush the pipes, because lead can leech overnight. (The schools may not be doing it, but you can at home.)

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