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Despite efforts by the State of Ohio and local leaders in recent years, lead paint is still a big issue in the Miami Valley.
Authorities in northwest China say over 200 kindergarten students were found to have abnormally high lead levels in their blood after their school added paint to food.
A new study ranks Erie as the 27th highest risk city in the United States for lead paint exposure, highlighting a significant public health concern. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Erie ...
A bill that would require older Delaware rental units to be certified safe from lead paint was passed by the House on June 24 ...
Lead paint in older homes poses health risks, especially for people 50-plus and their families. Learn how to identify and address this hazard safely.
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.
In 2023, the state Legislature established a lead paint rental registry that will cover 25 “communities of concern” across New York, where the risk of lead poisoning is particularly high.
Lead paint has been banned since the 1970s. But in housing built before then, the contaminated paint lingers, continuing to poison generations of children.
The backstory: MHD inspected the building after a student had elevated lead levels. The school district's facilities director said MPS is working to encapsulate the lead paint and do a deep cleaning.
The Health Department identified lead-based paint hazards in the four MPS schools as the result of investigations into the poisoning of four separate children, one at each school.
From 2018 to 2019, Mold Wranglers conducted work at Freedom’s Path Fort Harrison, which included painting over lead-based paint with an encapsulating paint.