If you find lead in surfaces or dust in your home, such as in paint or on a windowsill, don’t try to remove the source yourself. Instead, call your local government’s health department, or ...

I f you're thinking about testing for lead paint in your home, you're doing the right thing. Lead is a chemical that's not to be messed with and shouldn't be anywhere in or near your home.

The new ruling declares any amount of lead exposure as harmful, and limits the amount of lead-based paint dust in homes constructed before 1978 to levels low enough that they cannot be detected.

Biden administration cracks down on lead paint, a serious threat to children’s health. Lead exposure, even at a low level, can cause serious developmental delays and other lifelong effects on ...

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced the finalized version of a federal rule tightening standards for exposure to lead paint dust. The rule, which finalizes a proposal issued last June ...

Jade Shirey carries her son, Benny, 4, at their school in Jamestown, N.Y., on Sept. 18. After getting lead poisoning from paint on the stairs and doorframes of their home, Ben was diagnosed with ...

Jade Shirey shows a photo of the stairs in her home when she found lead paint. (Carolyn Van Houten / The Washington Post) The EPA estimates its proposed rule would prevent between 250,000 and ...

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 ...

Yet, the complaint says Sherwin-Williams knew lead paint was "poisonous in a large degree" as printed in an internal magazine article in 1904. It started making lead paint six years later.

Feb. 11: A city lead risk assessment for Golda Meir found widespread hazards, with chipping lead-based paint and lead dust spread throughout four floors and common areas of the school.

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 ...