At its current pace, the city’s project to replace lead water lines in Chicago’s Southside neighborhoods could take two centuries. Researchers at Northwestern University and community activists are ...

Banking for now on an outdated EPA rule from the first Trump administration, the city with the most lead service lines in the ...

A new study recently published in Explorations in Economic History suggests that early-life exposure to lead in drinking ...

Officials said fallout from the crisis led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October 2024 to make changes to the ...

Lead poisoning is a silent but serious health hazard that continues to affect families across the country, especially those living in older rental properties. Although lead-based paint was banned for ...

Fredericktown was built on its mines. Lead pulled from the two mines in the area, the Mine La Motte and Madison Mine, was used to make things like paint and bullets for the U.S. Civil War.

A legacy of lead Fredericktown was built on its mines. Lead pulled from the two mines in the area, the Mine La Motte and Madison Mine, was used to make things like paint and bullets for the U.S. Civil ...

Ultra-bright white paints are the go-to when it comes to cooling buildings. Those paints work by reflecting as much of the sun as they can. An international team of researchers have now made a ...

Two calves, each a month month old, were killed by lead poisoning earlier this year, vets at Kilkenny regional veterinary laboratory (RVL) found. In this case, two calves were brought to Kilkenny RVL ...

State issues $5,500 penalties against Milwaukee Public Schools, citing lead cleanup issues Instead of paying the $5,500 penalties, MPS can use the money for ongoing lead renovations, according to ...

By the end of this summer, MPS says it will address hazards caused by lead-based paint in all 54 elementary schools built before 1950.

Congress passed the “Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992” calling for implementation of a program to evaluate lead-based paint hazards in the nation’s housing stock and reduction ...