As communities across New Jersey continue to replace hundreds of thousands of old drinking water pipes made of lead, a coalition of advocacy groups warned this week against using PVC pipes to deliver ...

NEW: A Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association official has a rebuttal to the Beyond Plastics report covered in this story. Read the detailed update here. Bennington, Vt.-based Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit ...

The Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association (PVCPA) recently published the first North American industry-wide environmental product declaration (EPD) for water and sewer piping. The document has been verified ...

Flint, Michigan, made headlines in 2015 when tests revealed dangerously high lead levels in its drinking water. The city had switched its water supply to the Flint River a year earlier, and corrosive ...

If you've got a box of extra PVC pipes and fittings sitting your shed or garage from a previous project, you're halfway to ...

With the EPA’s toxic review of vinyl chloride, North Carolina communities should analyze water pipes in a changing regulatory ...

North Texas cities that allow the use of PVC pipes to convey drinking water may want to revisit those decisions as EPA’s ...

Editor’s note: This article, distributed by The Associated Press, was originally published on The Conversation website. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and ...

A study published by the Utah State University (USU) buried structures laboratory takes a comprehensive look at PVC pipe excavations, testing and life cycle analysis. The key findings? A combination ...

Three plastic pipe trade groups are joining for an educational campaign that aims to address myths and misinformation about their products and highlight the benefits through a fact-based yet light ...

By Stephen Clapham It may shock people to learn that cancer is the most dangerous threat to firefighter health and safety. In ...