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Lockport officials recently reported elevated levels of lead in drinking water in four homes with known lead pipes, but officials said lead pipes to three homes have since been replaced by the city. City officials test the water quality twice a year, under state and federal regulations, of 30 homes with known lead water service lines, plumbing or pipes, said Brent Cann, director of public ...

For the first time in decades, California is tightening its rules on workplace exposure to lead, a poisonous metal that can wreak havoc throughout the body.

M Hunter Yurachek, vice chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, has been appointed to the College Football Playoff Selection Committee. Yurachek will serve on the 13-person selection committee for the next three football seasons.

M Hunter Yurachek, vice chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, has been appointed to the College Football Playoff Selection Committee. Yurachek will serve on the 13-person selection committee for the next three football seasons.

Last week’s bribery charges against 70 New York City Housing Authority employees are just the latest in a long list of scandals by low- and mid-level public workers in New York.

Attorneys general from 13 Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen a proposal that seeks to limit Americans’ exposure to lead service lines. The EPA last year proposed that nearly all lead pipes that carry water be replaced in 10 years because lead exposure can damage children’s brains…

Ever since news went out that those extremely trendy Stanley Cups that is suddenly everywhere contains lead, people on social media have been in a panic, Vox reports, with many users testing their tumblers for the hazardous chemical. A recent TikTok video that garnered countless views shows a user testing a bright orange Stanley Cup, […]

A North Carolina couple filed a lawsuit against WanaBana after Apple Cinnamon Fruit Puree pouches allegedly gave their children lead poisoning.

Stanley cups, the popular water bottles cherished by many on social media, have traces of lead within the product, according to the company.

(FOX40.COM) — Stanley tumblers have become social-media famous in recent months and although they’ve been flying off retail shelves, news of lead being used to make them has consumers asking whether the stainless-steel cups are safe to use. Lead is a natural metal that’s toxic to the human body. Lead is known to cause a range of […]