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When cities and utilities excavate water mains to work on them, they often uncover lead water pipe as well. But instead of digging it up once and for all, many

Many American cities have been excavating water mains, revealing lead pipes and leaving them there. The work’s disruption of the pipe can also spike lead levels, an investigation by The

Some cities are digging up water mains and leaving lead pipe in the ground

Some cities are digging up water mains and leaving lead pipe in the ground

Some cities are digging up water mains and leaving lead pipe in the ground

PROVIDENCE — Prandy Tavarez and his wife were expecting a baby when they bought a four-bedroom house in a well-kept neighborhood of century-old homes here. They got to work making

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Many American cities have been excavating water mains, revealing lead pipes and leaving them there.

In some U.S. cities, the toxic metal is left in place even when other sections of line nearby are replaced.

Recently, more money and attention to the danger of lead pipes has prompted some to stop the practice. Still, it remains legal.