The county health worker scanned the Omaha home with an X-ray gun, searching for the poison. It was 2022, and doctors had ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized tighter standards for removing lead paint dust in older homes and child care centers to prevent long-term health effects from exposure to lead ...

Access to clean, lead-free drinking water is critical, yet lead pipes still serve over 11 million homes across the U.S., often posing serious health risks. The EPA’s new rule aims to replace lead ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces where $3 billion in lead pipe drinking water replacement will be directed.

The EPA has announced new funding to reduce lead in drinking water, along with the redistribution in unused funds, as part of ...

As the EPA rolls out new lead regulations to curb lead exposure in homes and water systems, the question is whether these measures will live up to their promises. Lowering lead levels in dust and ...

Lead water pipe used to connect a Second Street home to the main line was removed from an Albany residence in 2021. The U.S. EPA set a deadline to have all lead water pipes replaced nationwide in 10 ...

Crews excavate water lines during a utility replacement project. EPA’s updated state inventories show about 4 million lead service lines nationwide—less than half earlier estimates—driving a $3 ...

The Mooresville-based retail giant violated the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting rule, primarily between 2019 and 2021, from work performed by Lowe’s contractors at “hundreds of homes across the ...

SOUTHEAST Mo. (KFVS) - Two Heartland companies have agreed to pay penalties to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for alleged lead-based paint violations. According to the EPA, the following ...