By Eliza Shapiro
Lead contamination has been an ongoing
crisis in New York City’s public housing, and the Education Department
said on Tuesday that it continues to be an issue in schools as well.
In
a report, the department said that while it has made progress in
eliminating lead in schools over the last year, more than 1,100 water
fixtures in city school buildings still have lead levels above the 15
parts per billion threshold that the Environmental Protection Agency
allows.
In all, there are 142,411
water fixtures spread over the city’s 1,500 schools — drinking
fountains, bathrooms faucets and other sinks used for cooking or washing
dishes. Of those, 12,457 tested positive for high levels of lead
between 2016 and 2017.
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Source: The New York Times (via Empire Report New York)
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