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 Protection ...

Though more than 1,000 Milwaukee children are poisoned by lead each year, this spring marks the first time city officials have connected cases of childhood lead poisoning to Milwaukee Public Schools.

To get a sense of how lead paint is being handled in Milwaukee Public Schools, the Journal Sentinel requested a year of the district’s paint-related work orders, from February 2024 to February 2025.

LOCAL PROPERTIES ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY. THIS GRANT GIVES US FUNDING TO DO ADDITIONAL TESTING AND JUST MAKE SURE WE’RE FULLY COMPLIANT. THEIR LEAD-BASED PAINT, WHICH WAS BANNED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE IN ...

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 that it ...

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 ...

Erie County’s lead problem can be an understandable concern among homebuyers. According to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Erie, Erie County has the 10th-most annual child lead poisoning ...

Precision Environmental Services has announced a strengthening of its lead based paint removal services in Fort Worth, reflecting increased demand for specialized lead paint removal as property owners ...