Researchers at Northwestern University hope to recruit 116 households in Greater Englewood, a community "overburdened with ...

A team of researchers from UW and Boston University collaborated on a study to validate inexpensive wipes that turn red, orange, or pink when they detect lead in homes and cars. This could make lead ...

A parents’ advocacy group is giving mixed reviews to the latest developments in addressing the ongoing issue of lead contamination in Milwaukee Public Schools. On the plus side, Lead Safe Schools MKE ...

Children's Wisconsin doctors say since 2020, they've seen a 23% drop in kids getting tested for lead poisoning. Children's Wisconsin said cleaning your home, taking your shoes off and washing your ...

This district is “providing bottled water to students in those places where a lot of taps are not usable for drinking,” an ...

Coming soon to a community near you: Free lead screening for children ages 6 and younger. Local nonprofit environmental group the Lands Council, with the help of a nurse and funding from the ...

The Milwaukee Health Department and the Milwaukee Public Schools will spend the next year testing district schoolchildren for ...

Twelve preschoolers sat cross-legged in a circle in Delaware Primary School’s Room 105 as their teacher passed around gingerbread to smell. In the corner of the room is a kid-sized sink and water ...

Northampton County will launch a program this month to provide free lead testing to children. The program, titled Walk-In Wednesdays, was developed in partnership with HNL Lab Medicine and will offer ...

Nearly a year since mass layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control disrupted the response to a lead paint crisis in ...

Milwaukee Public Schools will hold a lead-screening clinic for its students and other children in the community at Keefe Avenue School on Tuesday, Feb. 24.