GUILDERLAND — As required by the state, the Guilderland School District is working to reduce the lead found in water in many of its sinks and faucets, Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds Clifford Nooney said Tuesday.

BERNE — Getting the lead out is one less thing to worry about for the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District.

New York State has no requirement to screen the venison donated to food pantries for the lead left by bullets. It should. Otherwise, the people hunters seek to help can be poisoned.

It is a busy time of year for the Venison Donation Coalition with both hunting season and the holidays underway.

Hunters and shooters need to change their habits to save themselves and the animals they value.

Of 70 water outlets tested in the Berne-Knox-Westerlo school district, only one showed lead levels exceeding the state-required action level of 15 parts per billion.

As concerns over lead in public water have increased, concerns over lead contamination have gone unnoticed at public and private gun ranges.

Lead-testing results are in for Farnsworth Middle School, and there are 95 water outlets that must be remediated in some way, even simply by labeling them “for hand-washing only.” However, 7 of the 95 actionable sites are outlets that were used for drinking or cooking.

Voorheesville Central School District released findings last Thursday of 38 water outlets testing above the minimum level of lead out of the 125 sinks and water fountains in the middle school and high school.

A total of 98 sinks or water fountains in the Guilderland school district’s five elementary schools have been found to contain lead levels higher than the allowable amount. The highest number of unsafe outlets was found at the newest school.