Children younger than 6 years are especially vulnerable to lead-based paint and lead-contaminated dust in older buildings, according to the Mayo Clinic.

"The older the home is, the more likely it is to have lead-based paint," says Marc Edmonds, a branch supervisor in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution ...

Children younger than 6 years are especially vulnerable to lead-based paint and lead-contaminated dust in older buildings, according to the Mayo Clinic.

In 1995, Mullan invited White Deer to Ireland to lead the Famine Walk, and in 1997, on the 150th anniversary of the Choctaw gift, the Irish government commissioned him to paint a symbolic ...

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 ...

In September 2020, the City of Buffalo received more than $2 million from the federal government to help remove lead hazards from homes. A total of 110 homes were expected to have lead-based paint ...

Buffalo City Court is partnering with Erie County to establish a special Housing Court to resolve a backlog of nearly 700 cases involving lead paint safety violations.

Horne suspects the paint could have been the cause of a 2014 sample recorded in the town’s required water Consumer Confidence Report issued in 2015 that showed lead at 30 parts per billion, or ...

Paint peeling on the outside of an employee housing unit in Fort Yellowstone. Yellowstone knew lead-based paints were used on the property and says it notified employees.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse has issued thousands of citations in recent years for lead paint violations; a recent study suggests that the citations aren't translating to prevention ...

The paint’s porous structure holds water and slowly releases it, like the body does sweat. It reflects 88 to 92 percent of sunlight, even when wet, and emits up to 95 percent of the heat it absorbs.

Lead-based paint was the "gold standard" because it was washable and durable and endorsed by the U.S., state and local governments and specified for use on government buildings until the mid-1970s ...