Flint, Michigan, made headlines in 2015 when tests revealed dangerously high lead levels in its drinking water. The city had switched its water supply to the Flint River a year earlier, and corrosive ...

SAN ANTONIO - Asbestos-containing pipes remain in widespread use throughout San Antonio, raising health concerns due to asbestos's known link to cancer when inhaled into the lungs. While the safety of ...

NEW: A Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association official has a rebuttal to the Beyond Plastics report covered in this story. Read the detailed update here. Bennington, Vt.-based Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit ...

A new state-by-state analysis that calculates the health benefit over 35 years' time of replacing all lead water lines estimates Illinois alone could see public health cost savings of $58 billion to ...

The House of Representatives recently passed a healthcare reform bill along party lines. All 220 Republicans who were present voted "aye," while all 209 Democrats sounded a unanimous "nay." Judging by ...

New research is calling for immediate safeguards and the study of a widely used method for repairing sewer-, storm-water and drinking-water pipes to understand the potential health and environmental ...

Nearly eight in 10 Americans worry “a great deal” or “a fair amount” about the availability and affordability of health care, according to polling from Gallup. So it’s surprising that the Republican ...