Water samples within the device glow green when a contaminant is detected. The National Science Foundation is backing a pilot study by Northwestern University to develop and distribute water quality ...

Blue Island resident Sarah Haskell said she avoids letting her 1-year-old son drink tap water, as she is worried about contamination of lead in water lines. Instead, she keeps a Brita water filter on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- No amount of lead is safe for a person to ingest, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are more lead water pipes in Chicago than anywhere else in the ...

As someone who cares deeply about water quality for both me and my pets, I wanted to make sure our tap and filtered water was ...

Some Chicago-area residents will be able to test the water quality in their homes as part of a Northwestern study that will begin providing free test kits later this year. Awarded a $3 million federal ...

Kevin Johnson owns an ACE Hardware franchise. Since the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) recent announcement about new risks of lead paint in homes, he's seen plenty of concerned parents checking ...

ASHEVILLE - The city has received more than 4,000 requests for lead-testing kits from water customers since lead was found in the water at several Asheville schools in mid-November. Water Resources ...

ASHEVILLE – During a Dec. 9 Buncombe County briefing, Water Resources representative Clay Chandler provided lead test results from over 150 private homes, with promising results for the first round of ...

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Many Asheville residents have continued to test for lead in their water almost a month after the city’s boil water notice was lifted. During a Buncombe County ...