Washington ― The entire team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dedicated to preventing childhood lead poisoning was laid off this spring as part of the downsizing at federal agencies ...

Researchers have identified a potential molecular mechanism through which lead, a pervasive environmental toxin, may harm neural stem cells and neurodevelopment in children. The study, from Harvard ...

Lead can be safely used in construction. Find out how, where it’s commonly found, and what Canadian regulations require.

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"We have a team in Milwaukee," Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified to senators in a hearing on Tuesday. He was speaking about a lead exposure crisis in the public schools there. The city ...

Two house painters in hazmat suits remove lead paint from the side of a house. Cleveland Department of Public Health reports show nearly all cases of childhood lead poisoning in the city come from ...

Lead poisoning can affect any Hoosier, but children are most at risk of exposure because there is no safe amount of lead that can enter a child’s body. Experts say there are ways to reduce exposure.