It seemed like a simple task: Make a few calls and figure out whether the tap water in my 136-year-old row ... would mail bottles to me as part of its standard home water-lead-test kit that ...

They tried a home test kit but still weren’t sure whether they were dealing with lead. So they ordered blood tests for 2-year-old Trevor and 6-year-old Kassidy. Results indicated both had been ...

But many utilities have been criticized for cheating on lead tests. If you’d like to test water quality yourself, a typical option is a kit that has to be mailed to a lab while you wait for ...