Joohee Na

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Ten of the oldest campus buildings show indications of lead paint in classrooms and high-contact areas. Exposure to lead can happen anywhere – even in the classrooms of a private university that charges more than $63,000 a year for tuition. A string of revelations in recent years has begun to bring the scope of Syracuse’s lead crisis into focus. The Harvard School of Public Health called lead poisoning “a crisis for Syracuse’s Black families” in 2022.