Exposure to lead can cause infants and children to have decreases in IQ and attention span and adults to have increased risks ...

Months past a federal deadline, more than 90% of at-risk Chicagoans haven’t been told their drinking water could be unsafe.

AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- The city of Aurora is warning about high levels of lead found in drinking water. The city tested 100 ...

A case in which more than 200 kindergarten students in northwestern China were found to have abnormal blood lead levels is ...

Lead exposure causes devastating health consequences, including permanent brain damage, learning disabilities, behavioral ...

News' Senior Health Correspondent Monica Robins spoke with the director of the Cleveland Department of Public Health ...

The Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning, based in Rochester, is sounding the alarm over federal cuts.

Informal lead mining is a growing activity in many countries around the world. Ongoing lead mining in Kabwe Zambia has been linked to extensive poisoning and widespread environmental contamination.

After a child was found to have lead poisoning from peeling lead paint in a local elementary school early this year, the district began closing buildings and temporarily relocating students.

Ingestion of flaking lead paint is the most common vector for lead poisoning in children, where the neurotoxin can do significant and sometimes permanent damage.

The 12206 ZIP code, which encompasses West Hill, Beverwyck and Upper Washington Avenue, has one of the state's highest concentrations of childhood lead poisoning. A little boy peers through a ...

Within two months, she suffered acute lead poisoning and died. Her blood lead level was 391 micrograms per deciliter — nearly 80 times the state’s safety limit.