Lab testing has shown toxic amounts of lead contained in paint chips apparently stripped from the Tobin Bridge by weather and time which are raining down onto the homes and streets of Chelsea.

A paint chip problem in Chelsea has recently raised concerns as environmental activists say pieces of paint falling from the Tobin Bridge contain lead. Now, stakeholders are calling on state ...

CHELSEA — How is it possible ... “All of us thought, ‘Oh no, it can’t be, the state couldn’t have left lead on the bridge,’” she recalled. But the city tested the paint chips ...

Environmental advocates in Chelsea say they are seeing less toxic lead paint chips fall to the ground from the Tobin Bridge due to mitigation efforts the Massachusetts Department of Transportation ...