Filtering lead out of the water you drink and cook with is probably the most important thing you can do, and it’s relatively easy. There are a number of different kinds of filters—ones that ...

Starting in the 1960s, America saw a huge increase in levels of violent crime that peaked in the early 1990s, then steadily declined, and continues to decline today. All kinds of theories have ...

"We had an antique in our house that his toys were stored in, and it was an old piece that the paint was chipping from, but I didn't think, 'oh, this is probably lead,'" said Jamie Noerpel.

IF IT IS GRAY IN COLOR AND SCRATCHES EASILY IN A MAGNET WILL NOT STICK, IT IS PROBABLY LED. A 2020 ONE SURVEY BY THE NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL FOUND THERE ARE AS MANY AS 600,000 LEAD ...

It turns out, some of the red flags for lead are often easy to spot. “Alligator skin,” Holloway said. “And if that’s on the windowsill, that’s an indicator that there’s probably lead ...

Scratch the pipe with a coin. If it scratches easily and the metal underneath looks shiny and silver, it’s probably lead. If the pipe doesn’t scratch easily or clearly appears to be copper ...