MPS has released a list of 107 schools attended by elementary-age children that were constructed before 1978. That's the year when the federal government banned the sale of lead-based paint. As of ...

Milwaukee's lead crisis began late last year, when a young student's high blood lead levels were traced back to the student's school. Since then, health officials have been combing through other ...

Most often, they’re poisoned by lead paint in deteriorating homes. In January, for the first time, the health department determined that a child had been poisoned not at home but by peeling ...

Local officials soon realized they had a big problem on their hands, as the vast majority of the city’s school buildings (roughly 125 out of 150) were built before 1978, when lead paint was banned.

Lead paint is not the fault of the people who own these homes today. They should not be stuck with the bill of removing it. It is in all of our interest to get it out.

Mattel, in its first public comments about the specific lead levels in 1.5 million recalled toys, acknowledged that some of the paint on the toys was up to 11% lead, or 110,000 parts per million.

More than 200 kindergarten students in northwestern China were found to have abnormal blood lead levels after kitchen staff used paint as food coloring, authorities said, in a case that’s stoked ...

With less than a month to go in this year's legislative session, two Buffalo lawmakers are pushing for a state law to require insurers to cover damages and losses caused by lead paint – a health ...

Delaware landlords will be required to prove their rental properties are safe from lead paint within the next three years, if a new law is signed by Gov. Matt Meyer. The General Assembly passed ...

Asbestos, lead paint and other contaminants may be in the air after May 16 tornado. Many of the damaged homes were over 50 years old, some even over 100.

RI POLITICS Advocates decry ‘dangerous rollbacks’ in R.I.’s lead-safe rental registry Public health and tenant advocates say the registry is helping keep children safe from lead poisoning.