Lead

Cynthia Brownfield was lucky. When her daughter, then 2 years old, tested for high levels of lead in her blood, she could do something.Brownfield, a…

Growing national concern about lead poisoning in children has prompted a California lawmaker to introduce legislation to ensure that all of the state’s…

It was a busy summer for environmental safety workers at the school district in Rochester, New York, where employees sampled over 2,000 school water…

The city’s water crisis has given many people in Flint sleepless nights.Last week, the man who helped reveal the problem spent a sleepless night seeing if…

It happens every summer. The rate of young children showing elevated blood lead levels goes up. That's in large part because kids spend more time in their…

In the wake of the Flint water crisis, states are rushing to test for high levels of lead in drinking water. But many are failing to come to grips with a…

The term "corrosion" has leached its way into public discussion about drinking water over recent weeks, thanks largely to the roiling water crisis in…

Eighteen months after shutting off its pipeline from Detroit and tapping the Flint River, the city of Flint is going back to Detroit water. For the past…

EAST LOS ANGELES — Miguel Dominguez didn’t know what to make of the notices he started receiving from the state toxic substances department a couple of…