The lead paint hidden beneath the floorboards had turned into clouds of dust, poisoning him. Nearly a half century after the federal government banned lead-based paints in homes across the country ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it had finalized a new set of requirements aimed at eliminating lead-based paint dust from older homes and childcare facilities.

More than 70% of homes in Pennsylvania are estimated to have been built before the 1978 lead paint ban, leaving many kids vulnerable to lead poisoning. It takes time for lead to leach out of plumbing ...

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Thursday to tighten lead dust standards, a move that aims to eliminate decades-old paint in millions of homes across the country that endangers ...

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced the finalized version of a federal rule tightening standards for exposure to lead paint dust. The rule, which finalizes a proposal issued last June ...

For decades, Election Day in the US has been held on Tuesdays — when many people have to block off time between their responsibilities at home and at work to vote. There are, however, 28 states ...

THURSDAY, Oct. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In a move that further toughens safety standards for lead paint dust, the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced the finalization of a ...

Any level of lead paint dust in is considered hazardous, according to new requirements for identifying and cleaning up the harmful dust in certain homes and child-care facilities across the ...

the Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities. A final rule announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection ...

President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced new standards that place strict limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities. The Environmental ...

Oct. 24 (UPI) --The Environmental Protection Agency Thursday finalized stronger standards for identifying and cleaning up lead paint dust in pre-1978 U.S. homes and child care facilities.

In a move that further toughens safety standards for lead paint dust, the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced the finalization of a rule that declares any detectable amount of ...