Abdul El-Sayed Falsely Claims He 'Removed' Lead from the Water in Detroit Elementary Schools When He Was City's Health Director
Democrats Abdul El-Sayed Falsely Claims He 'Removed' Lead from the Water in Detroit Elementary Schools When He Was City's Health Director The far-left Senate hopeful suggests he fixed a massive safety hazard in Detroit's schools. At most, he implemented inadequate testing followed by modest, often failed, mitigation efforts to keep children from ingesting harmful lead and copper, according to legal filings and city records, including documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon via Freedom of Information Act requests. The following year, the school system rolled out an extensive testing campaign—a significantly more comprehensive effort than was conducted on El-Sayed's watch—that quickly revealed an elevated metal contamination rate in scores of schools.
- ▪Democrats Abdul El-Sayed Falsely Claims He 'Removed' Lead from the Water in Detroit Elementary Schools When He Was City's Health Director The far-left Senate hopeful suggests he fixed a massive safety hazard in Detroit's schools.
- ▪At most, he implemented inadequate testing followed by modest, often failed, mitigation efforts to keep children from ingesting harmful lead and copper, according to legal filings and city records, including documents obtained by the Washin
- ▪The following year, the school system rolled out an extensive testing campaign—a significantly more comprehensive effort than was conducted on El-Sayed's watch—that quickly revealed an elevated metal contamination rate in scores of schools.
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Democrats Abdul El-Sayed Falsely Claims He 'Removed' Lead from the Water in Detroit Elementary Schools When He Was City's Health Director The far-left Senate hopeful suggests he fixed a massive safety hazard in Detroit's schools. At best, his efforts were ineffective. Abdul El-Sayed (Sarah Rice/Getty Images), El-Sayed campaign site Benjamin Ryan July 29, 2026 image/svg+xml .st0{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} .st1{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed has falsely and repeatedly claimed he removed lead from Detroit's elementary schools during his brief tenure as director of the troubled city's health department.
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