If your house went up in the 1980s, the most expensive thing hiding behind the drywall may not be knob‑and‑tube wiring or ...

Editor’s note: Students at SUNY Upstate Medical University are learning more than how to be doctors, researchers and public health experts. They also are acquiring skills to advocate for their ...

The Lehigh County Authority is sending 43,000 letters to customers advising whether their water service lines contain lead and need to be replaced. It’s the second year the water authority has sent ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has released $3 billion in long-awaited funding to help states remove lead from water pipelines, seeking to curb exposure to a toxin linked to illness. The agency ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces where $3 billion in lead pipe drinking water replacement will be directed. EPA says the funding is intended to accelerate progress in ...

Crews excavate water lines during a utility replacement project. EPA’s updated state inventories show about 4 million lead service lines nationwide—less than half earlier estimates—driving a $3 ...

A group of area mayors and other politicians gathered in Elmwood Park recently to make a plea for financial support for efforts to replace aging lead pipes used in water delivery systems statewide.

Lead pipes are ubiquitous. At this point, no state has gotten rid of all of its toxic lead service lines, which pipe drinking water to homes and businesses. But some cities like Chicago, New York City ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Buffalo Water Authority has quietly suspended a program that helped homeowners replace dangerous lead pipes, leaving dozens of residents without assistance for repairs that ...