CHICAGO (WLS) -- Independent testing by the ABC7 I-Team uncovers unsafe levels of lead at public water fountains found at popular destinations, prompting the city to take action. The I-Team tested 11 ...

A survey of school districts around the country finds that less than half test their water for lead, and among those that do more than a third detected elevated levels of the toxin, according to a ...

Dirt. It surrounds people’s homes. It’s in local parks, schoolyards and parkways abutting sidewalks. But it’s not something people paid much attention to. Until recently. Ever since the Palisades and ...

POLICE. TONIGHT, A PUSH FOR MILWAUKEE PARENTS TO GET THEIR CHILDREN TESTED FOR LEAD EXPOSURE. THIS COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE CITY’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED GOLDA MEIR IN CARGILL ELEMENTARY HAVE ...

Chicago has more lead service lines than any other city in the United States. That concerning stat has inspired researchers at Northwestern University to help with a solution. They came up with an ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (WTVD) -- Lead, which is so detrimental to children's health and intellectual development, has been removed from the nation's gasoline and paint but not from its water.

The Bainbridge Island School District has a new plan to address lead in its drinking fountains and sinks on school grounds, part of an ongoing effort to end the contamination of potable water on ...

The city of Syracuse on Tuesday fired itself from testing for lead in residential drinking water and hired a third-party company to do the next round of tests. Councilors approved a request from Mayor ...

People in and around the burn zone may have been exposed to the toxic chemical through ash from the wildfires. By Erin Rode Erin Rode visited a mobile testing clinic in Altadena, Calif., to meet with ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - State health officials are encouraging Colorado families to test their children’s blood for lead. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) offers ...