The Governor’s lead balloon: Murphy’s $100 million broken promise leaves the health of New Jersey students at risk

One day in the fall of 2019, Gov. Phil Murphy took his place center stage at a Bergen County elementary school. He removed a prepared statement from the breast pocket of his suit jacket and placed it on a black podium adorned with the faux-gilded Seal of the Great State of New Jersey.

The script outlined his new counter-offensive in the state’s war on lead and, specifically, his strategy to address the growing and alarming reports of the toxic metal showing up in the drinking water at public schools throughout the state.

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