lead

How a private water company brought lead to Pittsburgh’s taps

Credit: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar “The levels in Pittsburgh are comparable to those reported in Flint” In the summer of…

6 years ago

Why are Texas’ smaller utilities not cleaning up drinking water?

Several recent national studies have found dozens of public utilities in Texas that supply tens of thousands of people with…

6 years ago

Federal Judge Orders All Parties In Flint Water Case Into Mediation

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Hundreds of people in Flint, Mich. have filed lawsuits over that city's lead water crisis. They're seeking…

6 years ago

EBMUD joins new round of water testing for lead at Oakland schools

Officials with the East Bay Municipal Utility District on Thursday [Nov. 9, 2017 —ed.] will start testing the water at…

6 years ago

11-Year-Old Just Developed New Sensor to Detect Lead in Tap Water

Photograph courtesy of 3M Proving kids are awesome. She was just named "America's Next Top Scientist." The water crisis in…

7 years ago