lead levels

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

Two bills in the Michigan Legislature could help reduce lead exposure and ensure kids are tested for lead.

Michigan is failing to enforce safe drinking water at school, a new report finds.

For the past five months, state health officials have been telling Benton Harbor residents not to drink their tap water. But now the safety message for Benton Harbor seems to be shifting. And it’s left some residents confused about how best to keep their families safe.

Overall, the percentage of Michigan children with elevated blood lead levels has been falling for more than two decades, from nearly a third of children tested in 2000 to just 2.5 percent of children tested in 2020.

After the Flint water crisis, the state’s environment department closed a bunch of loopholes in the sampling for lead in drinking water. That means cities…

A new report is calling for more to be done to improve drinking water quality at the nation’s child care centers.The Environmental Defense Fund tested…

Two academics who’ve played key roles in the Flint water crisis are now facing off in a lawsuit.Virginia Tech Professor Marc Edwards discovered high lead…

The federal government would spend tens of billions of dollars repairing the nation’s water infrastructure over the next decade if a bill introduced in…

It’s been two years since Governor Rick Snyder followed the lead of local officials and declared a state of emergency in Flint.Officials say progress is…