Elevated Lead Levels in Kids at NYCHA Childcare Centers Raise Alarms

This article was originally published on July 2 at 5 a.m. EDT by THE CITY

Four children in three childcare centers in New York City Housing Authority complexes had elevated levels of lead in their blood in a three-month span between October 2024 and the beginning of January, according to a federal monitor’s latest report.

That compares to only three such cases across all NYCHA childcare centers in all of 2022 and 2023…

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