(AP) More than half a million U.S. children are now believed to have lead poisoning, roughly twice the previous high estimate, health officials reported Thursday. The increase is the result of the ...

Nearly 30 years after toxic lead was banned in paint, and 20 years after it was virtually eliminated from gasoline, lead poisoning in kids remains a significant, although diminished, threat in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Candy imported from Mexico as well as certain folk remedies from Mexico can cause lead poisoning in children, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Nearly a half million children's hair clips were recalled for containing over the federal limit of lead paint, posing a potentially toxic threat to children. The Consumer Product ...

Thousands of children in New Jersey have high lead levels in their blood, putting their health at significant risk, data shows. But doctors say testing is key to preventing health problems caused by ...

For many months now, the city of Milwaukee has been grappling with a lead poisoning crisis that has forced at least four schools to temporarily close and dozens more to undergo rigorous inspections.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week highlights how parents, caregivers, and communities can lower children’s exposure to lead and avoid its serious ...

About 3,000 children in Maryland are still dealing with lead poisoning, with most cases concentrated in the Baltimore region, according to preliminary data from the Maryland Department of the ...

When news broke earlier this year that lead paint had poisoned a student at Milwaukee’s Golda Meir Elementary School, she worried for that child, but thought it was an isolated incident. Then, in ...

Delaware faces a significant childhood lead poisoning problem, largely due to exposed lead paint in older homes. A bill (HB 70) addressing lead paint remediation has been introduced, but advocates ...

Lead is highly toxic and can build up over time through contact with the skin, causing potentially fatal health consequences.