Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Irene Hayes, 7, left, and Pearl Hayes, 10, show their bandages from the lead screening March 15 at Bradley Technology and Trade ...

Fort Bragg officials are addressing concerns about lead paint in on-post housing. Corvias, Fort Bragg's housing partner, states they are complying with EPA guidelines regarding lead-based paint. Homes ...

Paints once popular in homes have, over time, been pulled, reformulated, or banned as science advanced and regulators recognized serious health risks. These paints contained toxic substances such as ...

Maryland orders Baltimore officials, who initially denied the chips were lead or posed a hazard, to remove them from the ground and the Jones Falls and to prevent more paint from falling.

After spending $43 million on lead cleanup, MPS is considering retaining Motley Rice to take action against companies that ...

“Education around lead, and especially lead paint hazards, is something that still is really necessary,” said housing advocate Brandon Kielbasa. “People think of it as something that’s been dealt with ...

The inspector general found the lack of checks on state lead-based paint programs leaves children at risks from exposure to the neurotoxic heavy metal. EPA has not been properly checking to make sure ...

Nearly a year since mass layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control disrupted the response to a lead paint crisis in ...

With still no action plan or health advice provided by Maryland or Baltimore after hazardous lead paint was found flaking off a city bridge, we look at another state’s comprehensive response in 2023.