We are recently in contract on a house that needs a ton of work, not the least of it will be a complete top to bottom interior paint job. The house is circa 1898, so we assume the paint is lead based.

Norwich's older homes may be eligible for some cleaning up, thanks to a federal remediation program. Many of the city's houses were built before 1978, before lead-based paints were banned, which means ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it had finalized a new set of requirements aimed at eliminating lead-based paint dust from older homes and childcare facilities. The new ...

The Solano County Board of Supervisors heard an update on lead paint abatement and named Oct. 20-26 National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week in Solano County. The Board voted unanimously to ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule that reduces the level of lead in dust considered hazardous to "any reportable level," which greatly decreases the amount of lead ...

Rusmir Kahrimanovic spends a lot of time driving through city of Erie neighborhoods. When he does, Kahrimanovic constantly sees signs of the daunting public health challenge he’s been working for more ...

A Brooklyn landlord facing a $27,000 lead abatement but didn’t trust the city’s findings, and got a second opinion from a private lab. The second test found not enough lead to require remediation. But ...