Dirt. It surrounds people’s homes. It’s in local parks, schoolyards and parkways abutting sidewalks. But it’s not something people paid much attention to. Until recently. Ever since the Palisades and ...

University of Iowa researchers will use grant funding from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust to meet growing demand for ...

The L.A. County Department of Public Health has found high levels of lead in the soil of properties that burned during January’s fires and have now been cleared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Coming soon to a community near you: Free lead screening for children ages 6 and younger. Local nonprofit environmental group the Lands Council, with the help of a nurse and funding from the ...

In a remarkable reversal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay for soil testing for lead at 100 homes that were ...

In a February video, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger appears to espouse such policies as “destroy small businesses” and “tax ...

The Bainbridge Island School District has a new plan to address lead in its drinking fountains and sinks on school grounds, part of an ongoing effort to end the contamination of potable water on ...

Every school district in New York is required to test water fixtures in its schools for lead, a neurotoxin that is especially ...

The Midland County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) offers appointments for capillary blood lead testing (finger poke) to identify lead exposure in children. As of April 30, the Michigan universal ...