DeKalb County’s publicly owned drinking water system contains no known lead pipes following a federally mandated inventory. Property owners are being asked to voluntarily identify and report pipe ...

Waukegan is finding it increasingly challenging to find the mostly older houses with lead pipes in need of changing, as the city’s replacement program plans to double the number of homes with copper ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW LONDON, Wis. (WFRV) – Dozens of New London residents will need to pay multiple thousands of dollars for mandatory replacements ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The city of Schenectady is working to identify lead pipes in homes throughout the city. Pipes connecting the water main to homes or businesses can be a source of lead and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Federal funding worth $3.6 million was secured to replace lead pipes and improve water service and wastewater treatment plants in Western New York, Senators Chuck Schumer and ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The Environmental Protection Agency says exposure to lead can cause a whole host of health problems; from headaches and hearing problems in kids, to hypertension and brain damage ...

Washington – The House passed a series of spending bills Thursday that included more than $2 million to help Syracuse and Onondaga County remove lead pipes that carry water to hundreds of local homes.

New York’s program to help municipalities replace lead drinking water service lines lacked sufficient monitoring and guidance from state regulators, leading to millions of dollars in unspent money, ...

"No one in the wealthiest nation on Earth should be subjected to this antiquated risk." Washington – Today, the House of Representatives is slated to pass a spending package that cuts funding for lead ...

Accountability matters. Strong policing matters. Successful prosecutions matter. But real public safety also requires prevention — especially addressing environmental dangers that science has ...