You may keep your house in great shape, and you've probably repainted with latex paint at some point. But if your home is pre-1978, you might want to dig a little deeper to keep your family safe. That ...

Daleita Wilson long worried that the historic home she owned in Allentown’s St. Paul’s Park area, and where her elderly father was living, could be contaminated with lead. But it wasn’t until she ...

Lead paint was banned for use in residential homes in 1978 because exposure to the toxic substance causes severe health and development problems in children. There is not enough lead in lead paint to ...

Lead-based paint is one of the leading causes of lead exposure among children. (AP Photo) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us ...

WE VISITED LOCAL RESTAURANTS. LEAD INSIDE MILWAUKEE AREA HOMES IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, IMPACTING MORE THAN JUST THE PIPES. THE CITY’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS MAKING A NEW PUSH TO REMOVE THE HARMFUL ...

Fort Bragg officials are developing a plan to inspect more than 1,500 homes believed to contain lead-based paint. The homes, built before lead-based paint was banned in 1978, are in seven ...

Two decades of litigation between California municipalities and paint manufacturers culminated in a $305 million settlement Wednesday to help remove the health blight of lead paint from houses across ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — The lead paint chipping from the walls at 201 Fillmore Ave. is in 5-year-old Trinity Jackson’s blood. Her mom can see it. “She’s angry all the time,” said her mother, Lakeshia Harper.

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - When Californian counties and cities first sued paint makers in 2000, they wanted the companies to pay billions to remove dangerous old lead paint from hundreds of ...