As workers set up stations at North Division High School’s cafeteria to test children’s blood for lead, a group of frustrated parents and community activists gathered just outside the main entrance.

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Thursday to tighten lead dust standards, a move that aims to eliminate decades-old paint in millions of homes across the country that endangers ...

Residents of some Louisville Metro Housing Authority properties have been living in buildings with lead paint without knowing it. Now, the public housing authority is pushing residents to sign the ...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — The home Jade Shirey bought over a decade ago was a bargain and exactly what she needed for her growing family. But she knew it needed some touch-ups, and after a few years, she ...

Lead paint was banned by the U.S. government in 1978, but that isn't stopping someone from advocating for lead paint in 2024. Featured Video That someone is TikTok creator @fightingforourfreedom2.0, ...

Editor’s note: “A Heavy Burden” is a five-part investigation into Louisville’s ongoing problem with childhood exposure to lead paint. What is often thought to be a 20th century problem is still very ...

Lead paint was banned for use in residential homes in 1978 because exposure to the toxic substance causes severe health and development problems in children. There is not enough lead in lead paint to ...

Lead is a potent neurotoxin that causes severe health effects such as neurological damage, organ failure and death. Widely used in products such as paint and gasoline until the late 1970s, lead ...

MADISON – The Evers administration is ordering Milwaukee Public Schools officials to improve how the district is cleaning up lead paint hazards after finding children had returned to classrooms where ...

Some children were exposed to lead and investigators found flaking paint inside aging schools. Two federal experts, expected to help guide the response, have lost their jobs. By Julie Bosman ...

Rusmir Kahrimanovic spends a lot of time driving through city of Erie neighborhoods. When he does, Kahrimanovic constantly sees signs of the daunting public health challenge he’s been working for more ...

Washington — Two weeks after setting a nationwide deadline for removal of lead pipes, the Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care ...