As Iowa children enjoy their last few weeks of summer 'freedom,' parents are reminded back-to-school preparations for the 2008/2009 school year include two new health screenings required by law.

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Federal officials have charged that a nonprofit developer involved in several Connecticut housing projects failed to warn tenants about the potential for lead paint poisoning.

While it is well known that lead contamination can be threatening to human life, it is a lesser-known fact that it can have an equally disastrous impact on wildlife.

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Older homes and peeling paint might not be the only sources of higher lead poisoning rates in certain parts of the city.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column about one of the most "fashionable" labels being assigned to millions of children each year in America.

It's time to get the lead out to ensure the health of Sandusky's children, Erie County officials say.

' Lorraine Carter said she's glad to be back on Olsen Drive. She moved out of the Riverside Public Housing complex 10 years ago with two children and a Section 8 federal rent subsidy voucher, but things didn't ...

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Children nine months to six years old can get free tests for lead poisoning starting today.

It's been three years since Marlus Kimbrough took advantage of a state-sponsored buyout for families who lived near the Tar Creek Superfund site in Ottawa County in far northeastern Oklahoma.

City officials Wednesday were critical of The Community Builders for failing to put its tenants on notice its apartments may contain lead paint, and they told residents to contact the city should they have ...

In the month since the city announced the site of the new Roberts Street elementary school was polluted by "historic urban fill" -- rubble that contained unacceptable levels of lead, arsenic, mercury and other ...

Children 9 months to 6 years old can get free tests for lead poisoning around the area starting Saturday.

Marlus Kimbrough and her children have a new life far away from Picher, a former mining town polluted by towering piles of gravel and abandoned lead mines.

Here are some of the highlights of the week: Thumbs up: To Dan and Melissa George of Conesville and everyone in Ohio working to make lead poisoning in children a thing of the past.

In concert with the state's Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, which runs seven days starting Sunday, the city of New Bedford and the UMass Dartmouth Lead Program will have an information booth at the Dartmouth ...

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