The good news and bad news about NYC water NY Post test uncovers whats bubbling from City Hall fountain

New York City’s water is famously the best tasting in the nation — but there’s good news and bad news about what’s actually in it.A study from a public fountain at City Hall by The Post found concerning trace levels of lead — but at the same time found no trace of dangerous plastic “forever chemicals.”The gulp-sized sample pooled from a drinking fountain in the basement of City Hall in July detected 1.13 parts per billion (ppb) levels of lead — a percentage of the heavy metal that is roughly equal to a drop in an Olympic-sized swimming pool.Though deceivingly small and legally compliant, any amount of lead is “very, very bad,” explained Dr.Eric Roy, a water science expert.“You have great water.

You pipe it in from the Catskills, but unfortunately, as soon as it hits your very old lead pipe infrastructure, it can pick up lead along the way and that’s the uncomfortable reality,” Roy, the Head of Science at Culligan, which tested the water sample.While the 1.13 ppb rate falls well below the legal 15 ppb limit that the City of New York has in place — a cap that will be reduced to match the federal maximum of 10 ppb in 2027 — Roy argued that it lies way too high for health safety standards.The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a strict maximum lead limit of 1 ppb, while the EPA’s own maximum contaminant level goal is set at 0 ppb because “there is no safe level of exposure.”Lead exposure results in lower IQ, hyperactivity, cognitive problems, anemia, cardiovascular issues, decreased kidney function, reproductive problems and much more.“Children are more susceptible to lead.Children and people who are looking to have kids.

[1.13 ppb] is something that is obviously legal, but if we’re talking to people about lead in the home, we’d start asking questions,” said Roy.The lead presence stems from pipes rather than the water source, meaning that neighboring homes could have drastically different contamination levels.Meanwhil...