How Much Should We Worry About Lead? Five years ago, the residents of Flint, Michigan, saw a startling change in their drinking water. It had turned brown, foul-smelling, and bad-tasting. Eventually ...

Soils samples collected at six Pasadena parks showed lead levels below health screening levels, according to the city’s department of public health. Alice’s Dog Park, Allendale Park, Hamilton Park, ...

Milwaukee's Trowbridge School could reopen soon. The school had been shut down due to dangerous lead levels. A series of screening clinics for potentially impacted students have been announced.

Milwaukee Public Schools, health officials and community partners held a lead screening clinic for children after lead hazards were found in school buildings. The city health department plans to ...

Preliminary soil sample testing in the Eaton Fire burn area revealed a high percentage of lead, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. These results, released Thursday, come ...

This week, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released preliminary findings from soil testing in and around the Eaton and Palisades fire burn zones. The biggest takeaway was elevated ...

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Pasadena released a new public health advisory following the latest results from the preliminary round of soil testing around the Eaton Fire burn scar. The analysis showed that the soil surrounding ...

It was no coincidence that Terresa Linton and her 9-year-old son were among the first to step foot in the May 7 lead screening clinic at Milwaukee's North Division High School. Her son, Thailand ...