You might think lead poisoning is a thing of the past—but for thousands of families, it’s still hiding in the walls, water, ...

More than 11,000 houses in Nassau County and a handful in Suffolk draw their drinking water through old lead service lines, ...

Lead is a heavy metal that was widely used in paint, gasoline, plumbing, and construction until the 1970s. While we’ve stopped using lead in construction, much of it is still around in New York.

Remember the Flint, Michigan, water crisis? The public health disaster that, at its peak, poisoned nearly 5 percent of the city’s children with dangerously high levels of lead in their water? It was ...

One of the most important jobs of a parent is keeping children safe. We can prepare for a few no-brainers, like placing baby gates in front of stairways, preparing food to prevent choking, and ...

New research methods are revealing more evidence of the health dangers associated with America's lead service lines.

Syracuse, NY -- The overwhelming majority of lead samples taken recently by an outside company show that Syracuse’s drinking water is safe under federal standards, according to results sent to state ...

Aurora officials have found high levels of lead in the drinking water supplied to some homes. Between January and June, 100 samples were collected and tested for lead using recently-heightened federal ...

A Greater Cincinnati Water Works crew replacing a service line with a new copper pipe. Greater Cincinnati Water Works replaced more than 1,600 lead service lines over the past year, about 30% more ...

Louisiana will get $412,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove lead pipes for schools and childcare facilities across the state. The EPA announced in June that ...

The FDA has updated its alert about lead in cinnamon to include more products. There are already almost 20 cinnamon products on the list. As of Oct. 10, ...

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