What Do You Do When Your Child Has High Lead Levels?
First things first — don't panic. There is plenty you can do to protect your children, and if you take the necessary steps, most kids recover just fine.
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What’s the Most Effective Way to Get Lead Out of Your Water?
Filters? Flushing your water line for a few minutes? Or total water line replacement? We dig into the best options for homeowners.
Lead-Tainted Water is a Big Problem in Pittsburgh. So is Lead in the City’s Soil.
It's almost gardening season. Here's how to protect yourself from the hidden poison that could be lurking in your backyard.
As in Flint, Cost-Cutting May Be to Blame for Pittsburgh’s High Lead Levels
The decision to switch to a cheaper, less-effective treatment chemical was likely a major contributor to the recent spike in lead levels in Pittsburgh's drinking water.
What’s the Best Way to Protect People from Lead-Tainted Drinking Water?
Some say it's better corrosion control. Others say it's getting lead service lines out of the system altogether. But many observers agree that current federal regulations are totally inadequate.
Pittsburgh Tried To Get Homeowners To Replace Their Lead Service Lines. Only One Person Did.
A pilot project in Lawrenceville highlights the complexity of getting lead pipes out of the city's water system.
Here’s What Happens Inside a Lab Testing Pittsburghers’ Water For Lead
Some fancy science, that's what. As in some inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy — a process that can analyze samples quickly and with super-accurate results.
Here’s How to Tell if You Have Lead Pipes in Your Home
This easy how-to guide helps you check if you might have lead lurking in your home's pipes and faucets.
Why Many Pittsburgh-Area Schools Aren’t Testing for Lead or Radon
A PublicSource investigation digs into which Allegheny County schools are testing for environmental toxins, how often they're testing, and what steps they’re taking to correct problems.
State Says Pittsburgh Must Do More to Get the Lead Out
After tests showed lead levels exceeding federal limits, the state is requiring Pittsburgh to replace its old lead water pipes. But just how much that will cost and how long it will take is anybody's guess.
