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Lead-Safe Schools Milwaukee calls for better funding of K-12 school facilities
Lead-Safe Schools Milwaukee is calling for local and state elected officials to improve state funding for K-12 school ...
What is methanol poisoning? Inside the deadly trend targeting young backpackers
The mother of a young backpacker that died of suspected methanol poisoning is campaigning for greater awareness of bootleg ...
An Albany neighborhood at the heart of New York's lead poisoning epidemic
The 12206 ZIP code, which encompasses West Hill, Beverwyck and Upper Washington Avenue, has one of the highest concentration ...
Cody Bellinger’s bat, Will Warren’s first career win lead Yankees past Giants, 8-4, in rainy Bronx
On a rainy afternoon with a first-pitch temperature of 41 degrees, Bellinger started the scoring with a first-inning RBI ...
Layoffs and funding delays could slow fight against lead, experts say
Up to half a million children in the United States suffer from dangerous levels of lead contamination, according to the CDC.
Recent layoffs stop CDC from helping with lead contamination at Milwaukee schools
Officials for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention denied Milwaukee Public Schools officials' request for help with ...
DR ELLIE: How tap water could be poisoning you
I thought lead poisoning was a Victorian-era problem long consigned to the past. But latest figures show that in 2023 more ...
Q&A: Health experts urge caution, more testing after elevated lead levels found in Eaton fire soil
Here’s what public health experts suggest residents can do to protect themselves from potential fire-related contaminants ...
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City of Cleveland eliminates backlog of lead-safe certification applications
Work to better protect children from lead poisoning has been a focus in Cleveland for years, and on Friday, the city announced that the backlog of lead-safe certification applications is gone.
CDC denies Milwaukee’s request for help with unsafe lead levels in public schools
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has denied a request fromMilwaukee’s public health department for ...
CDC denies Milwaukee's request for help with MPS lead poisoning probe. RFK Jr. slashed jobs.
The city's request, sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was denied "due to the complete loss of (CDC's) ...
‘Every single one turned pink’: Woman’s 15-month-old tests positive. Then she swabs this well-known cereal
TikTok user @kaytipie says her daughter recently had a blood test. The results came back and her blood was infected with lead. So, she took to the entire house to see what could have been the cause of ...