Though lead-based paint was banned in the late 1970s, lead still remains in the paint of roughly 37 million structures in the United States — and it's extremely harmful to people's health, especially ...

There is no safe level of lead exposure, environmental officials, community activists and others gathered in Newark said on Wednesday when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed ...

It’s been nearly a year since Maggie Kerr’s two sons have played in their yard in Brewer’s Hill. The rental property next door, on Vine Street, launched a lead paint removal project on the first day ...

Like everything else today, the paint industry has been in marketing overdrive, fuelled by competition and innovation. But this sales drive has been overshadowed by the underlying concerns of ...

Over the past 15 years, New York City has made extraordinary progress in reducing lead poisoning among children. According to the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), the number of ...

On the day before Thanksgiving at Milwaukee’s Congress School off the Lincoln Creek parkway on the city's west side, students were out for fall break but the school was abuzz. Workers in yellow wove ...