Collaborative aims to streamline lead-safe education, coordinate testing, and ensure timely interventions over 17 months.

Lead exposure is particularly concerning among children under 6 years old, since their growing bodies absorb the metal faster ...

Lead poisoning exposure can have long-term consequences for children, including on their ability to pay attention as well as their learning capacity, according to the CDC. A 2019 study revealed that ...

Since 1946, the CDC has wiped out malaria, polio and rabies in the U.S., fought TB and influenza, smallpox, measles and rubella. It is currently fighting AIDS, Lyme disease, lead poisoning ...

The Los Angeles urban wildfires have devastated families and communities with agonizing loss. Residents’ most prized possessions and decades-old homes have become reduced to smoke and ashes.

The topic of lead poisoning is back in the news after officials confirmed a case last week at the Golda Meir Lower School. The topic of lead poisoning is back in the news after officials confirmed ...

Scientists have found that lead poisoning can be detrimental to physical and mental health. Studies have also found it’s a persisting problem in many U.S. cities. Lead poisoning happens when a person ...

The topic of lead poisoning is back in the news after officials confirmed a case last week at the Golda Meir Lower School. A student at the school was exposed to chipping lead paint in a bathroom in ...

Dozens of people have died after drinking poisoned alcohol at a holiday hotspot. Authorities in Istanbul, Turkey last night said that 33 people had lost their lives after consuming bootleg drinks ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The Chicago Housing Authority has been ordered to pay more than $24 million in damages to the family of two children who allegedly suffered poisoning from lead paint in their ...

“Lead poisoning is a preventable public health threat ... According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), no level of lead in the blood is considered safe. Lead exposure, often from ...