More Than 1,100 School Faucets Still Have Lead, City Says

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)