Although lead pipes were banned decades ago, millions of homes still contain them. In fact, lead from water service lines remains one of the leading causes of childhood lead poisoning. Lead is a ...

Public Utilities Board is in the process of weeding out and eliminating any residential lead water lines that might still be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Resources are available for Atlanta-area households to have their water checked for lead exposure. (Getty Images) After a federal ...

Sand Creek Middle School does not have lead pipes for its drinking water, yet individual faucets would test positive for an unsafe amount of lead. Officials discovered the problem was lead in the ...

In October, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a ruling mandating the removal of all lead pipes supplying drinking water in the United States. Whether the rule will survive the incoming Donald ...

Court filing says chemical-treatment failed to prevent widespread lead exposure and confirms utilities have sufficient control to replace homeowner lead lines ...

Illinois has nearly 1.5 million lead service lines. A new report estimates replacing the unsafe pipes has the potential to ...

Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic lead service lines, the underground pipes that connect buildings to the city’s water supply. The city has the most lead service lines in the ...

Pressure is mounting to get the stalled replacement up and running, since federal regulations require all lead pipes to be ...

An estimated 30% of pipes delivering water to New York City buildings may have lead – and now there’s a map to help determine if your building is affected. The New York League of Conservation Voters ...

One mistake turned the water taps of Flint, Mich., into streams of suffering back in 2014 – and the same thing could happen in Buffalo or just about any other older community in America. That's ...