Lead exposure, even at a low level, can cause serious developmental delays and other lifelong effects on children, such as ...

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced the finalized version of a federal rule tightening standards for exposure to ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized stronger requirements for identifying and cleaning up lead paint ...

There is no amount of lead exposure that is considered safe, and in Gray’s case, the amount of lead in his blood is far above what can impair brain development among other serious health problems.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced the finalization of a rule that declares any detectable amount of ...

Biden administration keeps working to reduce the nation’s vulnerability to lead, but relief can’t come soon enough for some.

Any level of lead paint dust in is considered hazardous, according to new requirements for identifying and cleaning up the ...

President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced new standards that place strict limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities. The Environmental ...

The new rules consider any detectable level of lead dust in a building a “lead hazard,” requiring property owners to pay for cleanup. By Hiroko Tabuchi The Biden administration said Thursday ...

The Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities WASHINGTON -- Two weeks after setting a nationwide deadline for ...

The lead paint hidden beneath the floorboards had turned into clouds of dust, poisoning him. Nearly a half century after the federal government banned lead-based paints in homes across the country ...