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The contamination in Flint, Michigan, sparked a national dialogue about the harms of lead pipes and the country’s aging water infrastructure.
Officials said fallout from the crisis led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October 2024 to make changes to the process used to detect lead in drinking water samples. The EPA also lowered ...
Michigan is set to announce that it has finally replaced all of the lead water pipes in the city of Flint, according to a ...
Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors’ lead water pipes, hoping his mother’s house would be next. Workers told him it wasn’t on their list but probably assigned to another ...
The federal funding will allow the city to oversee the process, and pipe replacement will be free for customers.
Louisiana will receive $412K from the EPA to remove lead pipes from schools and childcare facilities under a national ...
A delayed timeline will expose many more children and adults to the risk of toxic drinking water, and rising temperatures ...
Allium has developed a method to make steel more resistant to corrosion and potentially triple the lifetime of bridges.