What Home Lead Test Kits Can Tell You and What They Can’t

Lead, LeadCheck, and Safe Home. Most DIY kits can detect high levels of lead, but miss lower levels that could still be ...
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Lead in the Water: More Than a Third of Test Kits Submitted in Decade Show Some Contamination

More than one-third of home test kits sent in for testing by residents to the city’s environmental agency over the past decade had some level of lead — results that reflect many New Yorkers’ continued ...
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Syracuse’s water shows lead levels far below EPA limit a year after recording dramatic spike

Syracuse, NY -- The overwhelming majority of lead samples taken recently by an outside company show that Syracuse’s drinking water is safe under federal standards, according to results sent to state ...
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Letters from Iowa City Public Works prompts questions about lead pipes in homes

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - A letter to Iowa City residents is prompting questions about the impacts of lead pipes in homes. Gary Gnade lives in and owns rental homes in Iowa City. He recently received a ...
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Toxic Tap: Lead detected in 7 of 10 New Orleans homes amid delayed pipe replacement

Each morning, Katherine Prevost fills her coffee maker with water from her kitchen faucet and presses the button. Until recently, she didn’t know the water may have contained a potent neurotoxin — ...
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70% of homes tested in New Orleans water program had lead

About 70% of households that participated in the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans' free water testing program had lead in their water, according to a new report from Verite News. Why it matters: ...
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Lead pipes are everywhere in Chicago. Here’s how to protect yourself.

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 ...