PennEnvironment says school districts skip lead testing, don’t test all of their outlets and, in some cases, fail to report test results. File photo: Water fountains at a Philadelphia charter school ...

Every school district in New York is required to test water fixtures in its schools for lead, a neurotoxin that is especially dangerous for children. For this most recent round of tests, conducted ...

Twelve preschoolers sat cross-legged in a circle in Delaware Primary School’s Room 105 as their teacher passed around gingerbread to smell. In the corner of the room is a kid-sized sink and water ...

After a toddler was severely poisoned by lead at an Algiers Point daycare, State Sen. Patrick McMath is pushing a new safeguard he describes as basic common sense. The lawmaker has prefiled SB37, a ...

There's federal money for local schools to test their water for lead, which can be dangerous for kids. Many school systems opt not to test their faucets, even if it's free. The U.S. Environmental ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – A 28-year-old Syracuse employee and a summer intern were up against a new deadline. They needed to collect at least 100 drinking water samples at residential properties for the city’s ...

ASHEVILLE – During a Dec. 9 Buncombe County briefing, Water Resources representative Clay Chandler provided lead test results from over 150 private homes, with promising results for the first round of ...

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 ...