Washington ― The entire team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dedicated to preventing childhood lead poisoning was laid off this spring as part of the downsizing at federal agencies ...

The new approach would focus on preventing exposure to lead. Almost 20 years after the last update, the Trump administration has released a new plan for how the federal government will work to reduce ...

TV 11 NEWS AT FIVE CONTINUES. EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT FOR HIM NOW. RIGHT NOW, ONE FAMILY IS SPEAKING UP ABOUT THE ORDEAL THEY WENT THROUGH DUE TO LEAD PAINT. IT IS A TOXIC SUBSTANCE STILL FOUND IN ...

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 ...

Lead by Francesco Scatena via iStock for WMNF News. Exposure to lead poisoning can cause serious health problems, especially in kids aged 1 to 6. The Department of Health in Hillsborough County ...

Lead poisoning can affect any Hoosier, but children are most at risk of exposure because there is no safe amount of lead that can enter a child’s body. Experts say there are ways to reduce exposure.

"It's the crime of the century," says Bruce Lanphear. He's not talking about a murder spree, a kidnapping or a bank heist. Lanphear – an environmental epidemiologist at Simon Fraser University – is ...

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 ...

The Los Angeles urban wildfires have devastated families and communities with agonizing loss. Residents’ most prized possessions and decades-old homes have become reduced to smoke and ashes. Lives ...

As Trump deploys the National Guard to “make Memphis safe and restore public order,” the health risks from the city’s aging infrastructure, plumbing, and paint continue to be ignored. This story was ...