BRIEF: How do lead and other toxins get into your drinking water?

July 03--SPECIAL INVESTIGATION -- 'TAPPED OUT'

No amount of lead exposure is safe but if you've grown up in the United States, there's a very good chance you've ingested lead.

That's because an estimated 10 million homes and other buildings receive drinking water through lead service lines.

The video above shows just how that lead gets into your drinking water.

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