Report: Many Pennsylvania school districts fail to address environmental hazards

Schools across Pennsylvania have detected environmental hazards in their buildings — from mold to lead contamination — but fewer than half have taken steps to remediate the concerns, according to a new report. Between 2021 and 2022, more than 71% of school districts included in the report detected lead in their drinking water, according to Women for a Healthy Environment. During that same period, almost half of the school districts that tested for mold detected the fungus in at least one of their buildings, according to the group of environmental health professionals and advocates.