childhood lead poisoning

Common councilors are voting to hire a company called 120Water to take over water sampling programs.

Families for Lead Freedom Now and the NYCLU say the city didn't properly test water, generating lower lead level results.

The samples collected from August through October show lead levels under the EPA action level. Flawed test samples collected earlier in the year showed high lead levels, causing some to call for the city to declare a state of emergency.

City leaders say the advocates are using flawed sample results to make their case, while agreeing on the priority of replacing lead service lines.

The City of Syracuse and Onondaga County reflected on the progress that has been made in catching lead poisoning and remediation techniques.

AG Letitia James alleges William D'Angelo's neglect poisoned more than a dozen children, most of them children of color.

County officials say the new van is an opportunity to test and educate more families about lead exposure in children, an ongoing issue.

Here's what we learned from our conversation with four Central New York community members who are leading the fight against lead poisoning.

Syracuse, New York has one of the highest rates of childhood lead poisoning in the country. According to 2021 Onondaga County Health Department data, 10% of children in the city had elevated levels of lead in their blood.

The city’s old housing stock means there is a lot of work to be done by EPA certified contractors in the community. But city of Syracuse Lead Paint Program Coordinator Keenan Lewis said there simply aren’t enough licensed contractors to do that work.