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

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 ...

More than 11,000 houses in Nassau County and a handful in Suffolk draw their drinking water through old lead service lines, and at least 100,000 more have pipes whose material is unknown but could ...

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 ...

MKM offers a new solution for New York City's recently introduced laws regarding lead-based paint. Lead paint testing in New York is a hot topic and the new laws have caused a sharp increase in demand ...

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

Chronic lead exposure can damage the kidneys, leading to long-term health problems that often go unnoticed until they become ...

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.