Lead paint flakes and cracks on the spindles of a porch on a house in Providence, R.I., Tuesday, July 1, 2008. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to adequately oversee state-run ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice have reached an agreement with a home construction ...

The inspector general found the lack of checks on state lead-based paint programs leaves children at risks from exposure to the neurotoxic heavy metal. EPA has not been properly checking to make sure ...

Federal officials say a South Bend construction company has agreed to pay $10,000 for violating federal lead paint rules. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice reached a ...

Louisiana will get $412,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove lead pipes for schools and childcare facilities across the state. The EPA announced in June that ...

Local contractors given reprieve on paint rule Local contractors scrambling to get training for a new EPA lead-paint rule were breathing easier Monday after an announcement that enforcement won't ...

Chip and Joanna Gaines' company Magnolia Homes has settled with the EPA. The Environmental Protection Agency says it has settled with Magnolia Homes of the HGTV show "Fixer Upper" for violating rules ...

Residents of Indianapolis’ Martindale Brightwood neighborhood are confronting stubbornly high rates of hypertension ...

Decades after Ford stopped dumping paint sludge in Ringwood, residents show mercury levels twice the national average and ...

The city of Erie was awarded a $350,000 EPA grant, which was then canceled, and has now been reinstated. The grant cancellation prompted a lawsuit against the EPA by organizations including the ...

Lead-based paint is one of the leading causes of lead exposure among children. (AP Photo) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region.

The EPA alleged that beginning in 2018, Homeworks Construction renovated 17 homes built prior to 1978 without complying with federal regulations.