Would it surprise you to know drinking water in some Canadian cities contains unsafe levels of lead?

A year-long investigation by more than 120 journalists from nine universities and 10 media organizations found some disturbing answers.

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians could be consuming tap water laced with high levels of lead leaching from aging infrastructure and plumbing, a large collection of newly-released data and documents reveals.

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Credits: Faculty Supervisor: Charles Berret, University of British Columbia, Graduate School of Journalism

Institute for Investigative Journalism, Concordia University: Series Producer: Patti Sonntag Research Coordinator: Michael Wrobel; Project Coordinator: Colleen Kimmett; Investigative Reporting Fellow: Lauren Donnelly

Institutional Credits: University of British Columbia, Graduate School of Journalism

Produced by the Institute for Investigative Journalism, Concordia University

See the full list of Tainted Water series credits here:concordia.ca/watercredits.

Would it surprise you to know drinking water in some Canadian cities contains unsafe levels of lead? A year-long investigation by more than 120 journalists from nine universities and 10 media organizations found some disturbing answers.