A street in Tyrone, a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania. While no amount of lead in the blood is safe, lead poisoning is especially dangerous for children because their bodies are still growing.

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“Education around lead, and especially lead paint hazards, is something that still is really necessary,” said housing advocate Brandon Kielbasa. “People think of it as something that’s been dealt with ...

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 ...

It's well-established at this point that there are severe risks surrounding lead paint use. Symptoms of exposure manifest as everything from high blood pressure to fatigue to memory loss in adults, ...

Sending her twin 6½-year-olds to school, Katjusa Cisar had always assumed the building was free of common environmental hazards. Then she learned Trowbridge School of Great Lakes Studies, the 1894 ...

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