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 ...

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Even if a community water system’s test results meet EPA standards under the Lead and Copper Rule, it doesn’t mean every home’s water is safe. Editor’s note: This story has been amended since it was ...

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 ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia is launching a voluntary program to help schools and child care centers detect potentially dangerous levels of lead in drinking water. As the effort gets underway, it’s ...

UP IN WEATHER WATCH 12 HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE HOLDING A CLINIC TO TEST STUDENTS FOR LEAD EXPOSURE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED LEAD PAINT HAZARDS AND NINE OF THE ...

Lead exposure testing for children is now required in 16 ZIP codes in Kane County, according to a new list from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Having added 180 new ZIP codes, the total ...