This could mean water systems exceeded safe levels of contaminants like lead, hazardous materials may have been disposed of in them or toxic chemicals may have been used during the cleaning process.

Once widely used in both domestic plumbing and public water mains, lead piping was banned in 1970 after mounting evidence showed the toxic metal could leach into drinking water. By then ...

Cadmium is a highly toxic, cancer-causing metal found in mineral deposits and released into the environment through the burning of fossil fuels. “The Clean Water Act is not about compulsion; it's ...