Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Person testing material for asbestos - Pvince73/Shutterstock When you're in your house, you expect to be safe. If your home was ...

Lead is a potent neurotoxin that causes severe health effects such as neurological damage, organ failure, and death. Widely used in products such as paint and gasoline until the late 1970s, lead ...

LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM. THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW, LEAD DANGERS IN MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AT LEAST TWO STUDENTS ALREADY SICK. GO TO MY EAR IN CUYAHOGA ELEMENTARY WITH CONFIRMED TEST RESULTS. MARYLAND ...

PennEnvironment says school districts skip lead testing, don’t test all of their outlets and, in some cases, fail to report test results. File photo: Water fountains at a Philadelphia charter school ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — According to San Diego, state officials incorrectly concluded that a requirement to test water at the city's public schools for lead didn't count as a state mandate California ...

The experts recommend that you remember this year: 1992. Vintage mugs and ceramics made before 1992 may contain harmful levels of lead. Lead exposure can cause serious health issues, especially for ...

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A company that makes tests for lead poisoning has agreed to resolve criminal charges that it concealed for years a malfunction that resulted in inaccurately low results. It's the latest in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State environmental regulators have opened up another investigation, this time in Baltimore County, after tests confirmed ...

ASHEVILLE – During a Dec. 9 Buncombe County briefing, Water Resources representative Clay Chandler provided lead test results from over 150 private homes, with promising results for the first round of ...

When you're in your house, you expect to be safe. If your home was built before 1980, though, it's possible that you have dangerous materials in place that were used as part of home construction ...