Lead is a potent neurotoxin that causes severe health effects such as neurological damage, organ failure, and death. Widely used in products such as paint and gasoline until the late 1970s, lead ...

More than half a million Houston-area residents were due letters this month to warn them that their drinking water might be leaching lead from old service lines. An Environmental Protection Agency ...

Millions of Americans are at risk of lead exposure in their drinking water. Last week, in an effort to reduce that risk, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to require water ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — When it comes to detecting lead in your home, calling in the professionals may not always be in the budget. 2 News is digging deeper into what it takes to test your home — and ...

If you’re concerned about lead levels in your water or want to reduce lead levels in your water, there are a variety of ways to ensure your household has access to clean drinking water. For residents ...

Lead does not break down over time and so accumulates in soil, but not much federal testing or scientific research has focused on the potential risks coming from lead-sheathed telephone cables. READ ...

This week, the Milwaukee Health Department reported it had found dangerous levels of lead contamination in "multiple" Milwaukee Public Schools buildings The announcement came just months after MHD new ...

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TOLLY TAYLOR JOINS US NOW. LIVE IN TOLLY. CLOCKS REALLY TICKING. YEAH, THE BALTIMORE SERVICE LINE PARTNERSHIP HAS LESS THAN TEN MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT 230,000 WATER PIPES ON ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Is there lead and asbestos at your kids' school? In North Carolina, testing for lead in school water used to be voluntary, but now a law has made that testing mandatory. The ...

Michigan’s ambitious plan to replace 580,030 lead and galvanized lines is underway, yet many residents remain in the dark ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...