Water's Lead Level Will Bring Warning
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By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 14--About 1,100 families in Wichita are being encouraged to get blood tests for their children because their water may be contaminated with lead.
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Coolers for storing breast milk, a baby bottle cooler and a vinyl pacifier carrying case were among products found to have high levels of lead by an environmental group.
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Hundreds of people in northwestern China have been hospitalized with lead poisoning that was likely caused by pollution from a nearby smelter, state media and local officials said Wednesday.
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Arsenic in drinking water is a global threat to health, affecting more than 70 countries and 137 million people, according to new research.
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Removing salt from sea water to overcome  a worldwide shortage of drinking water could end up worsening  the crisis, environmental group WWF warned on Tuesday.
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By Zach Lowe, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Jun. 8--STAMFORD -- The city is doing blood tests on most active police officers after finding unusually high levels of lead and copper in the water at headquarters, officials said yesterday.
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Unsafe levels of toxic chlorine pollutants were found in 40 percent of the District of Columbia tap water samples tested during a spring chlorine surge, according to a study released Thursday.
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More than 1 billion gallons of contaminated water Â enough to fill 1,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools Â is trapped in a tunnel in the mountains above the historic town of Leadville and threatening to blow.
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Dec. 7, 2004 -- Lead exposure may increase the risk of cataracts, especially for men, a new study shows. Despite public health efforts to cut lead in gasoline, paint, and other sources in the environment, lead
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Health officials worldwide are worried about unacceptable levels of lead and other metals in certain Ayurvedic preparations.
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More than 21 tons of lead, zinc, barium, copper and other toxic metals have fallen or washed away from decaying government ships in Suisun Bay, and high levels of the materials were found in sediment under the vessels, according to a draft report.
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A new network of sensors will detail how ecological threats to the waterway affect the seacoast.
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It used to be that parents were the only ones on the lookout for lead. Now a new study says too much lead in your bones can cause blindness when you hit your golden years.
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The case of a child who suffered lead poisoning after swallowing a toy pendant should serve as a warning that the toxic metal can be present in unsuspected sources, according to Oregon health officials.
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The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority is considering scaling back its plan to replace underground lead water pipes, saying that a chemical added to the distribution system in recent years has significantly reduced lead contamination citywide.
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By Eben Harrell  IT WAS a chemical spill that poisoned a stretch of a scenic Scottish river and left 7,000 fish dead.   But Scottish Water - turnover GBP 1 billion a year - was ordered to pay a GBP 5,000 fine over the incident yesterday.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  May 26--The recent storms that have passed through Pueblo have caused the water level -- and therefore the level of E. coli bacteria -- in local waterways to rise significantly, the City-County Health Department said Friday.