More than 4,500 children under age 6 tested positive for lead poisoning in Wisconsin last year. It has no overt symptoms.

That's not just a Milwaukee Public Schools problem.

The Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition, a public-private collaboration focused on ending lead poisoning, has $71.9 million left to ...

Unintentional poisoning is a global public health issue, with children at high risk, requiring awareness and prevention ...

Once widely used in both domestic plumbing and public water mains, lead piping was banned in 1970 after evidence showed the ...

Some children were exposed to lead and investigators found flaking paint inside aging schools. Two federal experts, expected ...

In the Fall of 2024, some households were notified that there either may be, or are, lead water pipes supplying water to their homes. The notification is appreciated. The problem is supposed to be ...

Although a local network of partners will continue supporting MHD’s efforts, Totoraitis said that the department now has no ...

The city of Milwaukee Health Department requested the CDC's help March 26 with the investigation of lead exposure in ...

The mother of a young backpacker that died of suspected methanol poisoning is campaigning for greater awareness of bootleg alcohol, a deadly trend affecting backpackers in southeast Asian countries ...

Dr. Mickey Mehta warns that bread consumption might lead to auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition where gut bacteria produce ethanol from carbohydrates, causing intoxication symptoms without ...

It’s when the paint deteriorates, peeling or flaking off the walls, that the serious danger arises, said Dr. Carrin Schottler-Thal, a pediatrician at Albany Med who specializes in lead poisoning ...