Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all. ^26.8%

Grist - By Keerti Gopal, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco - 8/28/2025, 10:30 AM

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As Gina Ramirez buckled her 11-year-old son into her car last month for their daily drive to school, she handed him a plastic water bottle. “I would love to be able to have him put a cup under the tap if he was thirsty,” Ramirez said. She can’t. more