The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake has released preliminary test results it says show high levels of lead in the air close to the community’s high school.
Lead levels when the wind was blowing west towards the community were on average 1.5 times higher than the provincial standard of 100 nanograms per cubic metre, the council said. However, lead levels were “well below” the threshold when the wind was blowing east, which was the case 80 per cent of…