Lead Service Lines

Advocates say universal lead testing law will help identify, phase out lead.

Activists want a federal judge to impose a new deadline on the city of Flint to finish replacing lead service lines.Pipes connecting homes and businesses to city water mains were a main source of lead leaching into Flint’s drinking water during the city’s water crisis.Replacing aging lead and galvanized service lines has been a priority in the wake of the crisis. The job is about 95% complete.

The new administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency was in Flint today in part to address the agency’s battered image in the…