Milwaukee Public Schools hopes to finish initial lead remediation work at its oldest school buildings by the end of the summer.

A bill that has cleared the Iowa House would require anyone selling real estate to let potential buyers know if lead service ...

Residents in the 61701 ZIP code of Bloomington, Illinois can apply for a grant to remove lead paint from their homes until ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has rejected a request from health officials in Milwaukee for help with a lead poisoning investigation, after Health and Human Services Secretary ...

Preliminary soil sample testing in the Eaton Fire burn area revealed a high percentage of lead, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. These results, released Thursday ...

Overall, the elevated lead levels are an unsurprising result given the age of the housing stock and the prevalence of lead-based paint ... which forms when organic matter burns.

Representative soil sample testing done in a Los Angeles County Public Health study found a higher percentage of samples with lead levels ... homes with lead-based paint, which is common in ...

The vast majority of MPS schools are believed to have lead-based paint, with about 125 of them ... and more are in line for inspection. According to a copy of the request, Milwaukee sought Epi ...

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Bartlo notes that 93% of Buffalo homes likely contain lead hazards due to deteriorated lead-based paint. “Many children with elevated lead levels show no symptoms, so parents often don’t realize their ...

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