Elevated levels of lead have been found in schools across the US, alarming experts who say it is particularly harmful to children
hen Shakima Thomas came home from her job as a Newark, New Jersey social worker in October 2018, she found a paper wedged in her door. The notice said her water could be contaminated with lead.
Officials first found lead in school water fountains and taps nearly two years earlier. Contamination in homes was revealed by environmentalists, as it became apparent Newark’s corrosive water contributed to lead leaching from plumbing into people’s water.
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