lead

It’s the first month of a 20-year effort to replace every lead service line connecting a Michigan home to a public water supply. Already, Jeff Lampi is…

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

If your building has been closed or only a few people have been using it, the water in the pipes should be flushed before you start up your business…

Grand Rapids and Kent County have formed a new Lead Action Team. The team will help track and respond to cases of elevated lead levels in kids.About 1 in…

Flint pediatrician, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, testified during a House hearing on Tuesday for the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed changes to the…

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…

Twenty-one drinking water systems in Michigan this year have found lead amounts that exceed the federal action limit, according to state officials.Those…

Legislators in Lansing are introducing a series of bipartisan bills that would change the state’s emergency manager laws and require more testing for lead…

The city of Parchment, outside Kalamazoo, has lead in its drinking water. Officials say the lead exceeds a state action level, which is 15 parts per…

New results of soil testing done at the Leslie Science and Nature Center in Ann Arbor show elevated levels of arsenic, lead, and copper, among other heavy…