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 ...

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 ...

Lead, LeadCheck, and Safe Home. Most DIY kits can detect high levels of lead, but miss lower levels that could still be ...

Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic lead service lines, the underground pipes that connect buildings to the city’s water supply. The city has the most lead service lines in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Person testing material for asbestos - Pvince73/Shutterstock When you're in your house, you expect to be safe. If your home was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the past month, thousands of Iowans have received notices saying they may have lead drinking water service lines that should be ...

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 ...

When you're in your house, you expect to be safe. If your home was built before 1980, though, it's possible that you have dangerous materials in place that were used as part of home construction ...