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Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport has hired a consultant to study lead levels in the air, following calls from residents across the fence who cited a Sun Sentinel investigation which found that South Florida’s smaller airports top the country in emissions of the toxin. The investigation revealed that the city-owned airport currently ranks 18th in the nation for lead emissions out of over 5,500 ...

CDC says there’s no safe level for lead consumption.

Many cities in the United States and Canada burnt their rubbish and waste in municipal incinerators during much of the last century.

The Delaware Department of Education releases its final report on efforts to retest school drinking water sources for lead.

Miramar city commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday night requesting that Broward County study lead emissions at North Perry Airport as soon as possible, the second of the three cities surrounding the airport to do so. Pembroke Pines, the city where the airport is located, passed its own resolution last month. The original resolution, proposed by Pembroke Pines Commissioner ...

New concerns are being raised as two more parks in Durham tested positive for elevated levels of lead.

Preliminary results of soil samples identified six spots at East End Park, seven spots at Walltown Park and eight spots at East Durham Park

More than 345,000 children's cups are being recalled due to lead levels that exceed the federal content ban, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

Search our data to see whether your neighborhood childcare center has been tested.

Vermont gardeners can get their soils screened for lead at no cost at the University of Vermont’s Garden Soil Health Day on Saturday, May 13, from 1 to 4 p.m.