{"id":375013,"date":"2026-10-16T18:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375013\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:22:32","slug":"unsafe-lead-levels-found-in-schools-across-new-york-new-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375013\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsafe lead levels found in schools across New York, new report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/water-e1652199356939.jpeg\" width=\"1125\" height=\"675\" class=\"wp-image-0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Unsafe lead levels found in schools across New York, new report says<\/p>\n<p>Unsafe lead levels found in schools across New York, new report says<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/author\/david-lombardo\/\" title=\"Posts by David Lombardo\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Lombardo<\/a>Published On: October 16th, 2026Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/category\/pressroom\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Capitol Pressroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oct. 16, 2026- New York approved a state law a decade ago that requires schools to test for lead in their drinking water and remediate it if enough is found.\u00a0But a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nypirg.org\/pubs\/202609\/NY-Lead_in_School_Report.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new report<\/a> finds that\u2019s not happening. <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/?s=Blair+Horner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blair Horner<\/a> from the New York Public Interest Research Group, one of the report\u2019s authors, joined us to share the findings.<\/p>\n<p>Listen On<\/p>\n<p> .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 30 !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 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