Nearly 3,000 drinking water fountains, ice machines, classroom sinks and other fixtures in Long Island schools exceeded the state's standard for lead, a Newsday review of school testing reports found — more than twice as many as reported in a state database. Districts said these noncompliant fixtures, tested over the past three years, were immediately shut off, replaced or marked for hand-washing only, following state law. But the results, according to public health experts, show that thousands of schoolchildren could have been exposed to water with harmful lead levels for years. More on this story is at the link in bio. (Photos: Drew Singh, Howard Schnapp and John Paraskevas) - - #longislandny #nassaucountyny #suffolkcountyny #lead #drinkingwater