SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — When the state of New York became the first in the nation to require all public schools to test their drinking water for lead in 2016, Keyry Broncano learned that water ...

Kids drink contaminated water at schools, but testing for lead isn’t required. Despite aging pipes and vulnerable children, schools face no national requirement to test for lead.

“Kids can actually have delayed, kind of, muscle breakdown from intense exercises, which can be worse in heat. I mean, that ...

Now, children's ability to use the bathroom is left to the discretion of teachers, who sometimes deny students the ability to go when they have to, or take water breaks.

In 2016, a new state law required schools to start testing drinking water for lead. At the time, districts needed to shut off and fix any fixtures that had more than 15 parts per billion of lead.

In late 2023, Gwinnett County Public Schools became the first major school district in the metro to enroll in the Clean Water for Georgia Kids program. Testing began in January 2024.

Regarding “Drinking water in Syracuse schools fails lead tests over and over. There’s a better way to keep kids safe” (Jan. 6, 2025): The Syracuse City School District (SCSD) is holding two ...

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