Lead based paint was federally banned in 1978 but that doesn't mean it’s not still there. “If you're buying a house that was built in 1940 and this person purchased the home in 2010, ...

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 ...

After testing was administered, asbestos and lead paint were discovered on the red train car, or caboose, at Red Caboose Park. The dangerous materials were discovered in the caboose at Red Caboose ...

Milwaukee Public Schools leaders announced their lead remediation plan for the 106 schools in the district built before 1978. It comes as the CDC has denied the city's request for help.

Lead in the home is scary for young families, but St. Louis County public health is working to help families lower the risk of lead poisoning in the home.

Keeping up with lead paint deterioration in older buildings requires time, money and expertise. About two dozen still-operating MPS schools were constructed between the late 1800s and early 1910s.

MPS has more than 100 schools built before 1978, when lead paint was banned. The district assumes they all have lead-based paint. It’s considered safe as long as it’s contained.

Some children were exposed to lead and investigators found flaking paint inside aging schools. Two federal experts, expected to help guide the response, have lost their jobs.

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Board members for Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) are weighing a possible lawsuit against lead paint companies. The board member bringing the resolution says it's an attempt ...

Melanie Ann Carlin, who admitted to failing to provide lead-based paint disclosures to veterans living in housing at Fort Harrison, was sentenced to three years of felony probation and fined ...

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.

Layoffs force CDC to reject Milwaukee's plea to help clean up lead paint in schools WUWM 89.7 FM | By Katherine Kokal Published April 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM CDT ...