blood lead levels

The JAMA Pediatrics study has echoes of the Flint water crisis

A bill package heard Thursday before the Michigan House Health Policy Committee is taking aim at lead dust exposure during renovation and repair projects.

In a new study, Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards suggests the increase in Flint children entering special education programs since the crisis may be partially driven by the media and parents telling healthy children they’re learning impaired because of their lead exposure.

Cities around the Great Lakes region struggle with the cost of water maintenance and operation as their populations decline.

It will be another week before a federal judge expects to decide whether to give preliminary approval to a massive settlement of Flint water crisis…

In its 2021 budget, Congress included millions for lead testing in schools, where children are still exposed to the toxic metal.The federal appropriations…

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says fewer kids under age six are getting their blood tested for lead as compared to last year. 2020…

Detroit will be spending more than $9 million to deal with lead-based paint in homes. Although lead-paint has been banned since the 1970s, the old paint…

A new package of bills in Lansing could dramatically change how the state handles the problem of lead-based paint.Lead based paint was banned in 1978, but…

Living in homes purchased at the Wayne County tax foreclosure auction, or near demolitions, increases the risk of lead poisoning in Detroit children.Those…