A new study by the Investigative Journalism Bureau at the University of Toronto is shining a light on a persistent issue in schools and daycares across Ontario — lead in the drinking water.

Our study compiled publicly available data(opens in a new tab) from approximately 100,000 tests for lead in Ontario public school drinking water between 2019 and 2023.

It found nearly half of the province's 4,875 public schools logged at least one test result that exceeded Health Canada's maximum safety guideline of 5 parts per billion (ppb).

In Ottawa, the two schools with the highest rate of tests that exceeded the federal guidelines were First Avenue Public School and Cambridge Street Community Public School.

Read the story:
ottawa.ctvnews.ca/dangerous-levels-of-lead-showing…

Track water at your local school:
ijb.utoronto.ca/school-daycare-lead-tracker/

Read the IJB investigation:
ijb.utoronto.ca/news/toxic-lead-showing-up-in-onta…