Bans on lead in paint, gasoline and pipes have dramatically reduced lead poisoning that causes severe developmental problems in children. But another threat looms: More children have elevated lead ...

The topic of lead poisoning is back in the news after officials confirmed a case last week at the Golda Meir Lower School. The topic of lead poisoning is back in the news after officials confirmed a ...

Two house painters in hazmat suits remove lead paint from the side of a house. Cleveland Department of Public Health reports show nearly all cases of childhood lead poisoning in the city come from ...

The city of Milwaukee says it has finalized its efforts to stabilize nearly 100 public schools that were identified as having lead paint hazards earlier this year.

The Chicago Housing Authority must pay more than $24 million to two residents who sued over alleged lead paint poisoning of their two children, a Cook County jury decided Wednesday. The case, filed in ...

The New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG), a Naderite advocacy outfit, has just issued a report claiming that Gotham still faces a massive public health problem from lead paint in apartments and ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — The lead paint chipping from the walls at 201 Fillmore Ave. is in 5-year-old Trinity Jackson’s blood. Her mom can see it. “She’s angry all the time,” said her mother, Lakeshia Harper.

Good intentions can produce unintended and undesirable consequences. That evidently is what’s happened to Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s commendably toughened lead-paint-safety requirements that ...

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.

THEM FOR WHERE YOU LIVE. CHILD LEAD EXPOSURE TRACKED TO A MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOL. MILWAUKEE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY A STUDENT AT THE GOLDA MEIR SCHOOL GOT SICK FROM LEAD PAINT IN A BATHROOM ON THE LOWER ...

Your favorite pot could be a "silent poisoner." Federal health officials are sounding the alarm on imported cookware made ...