A company that makes tests for lead poisoning has agreed to resolve criminal charges that it concealed for years a malfunction that resulted in inaccurately low results. It's the latest in a ...

YONKERS, NY — Consumer Reports’ tests of 18 lead and radon test kits for the September issue confirmed that some are a good first step, but testers also found confusing instructions, challenging ...

Lead is a potent neurotoxin that causes severe health effects such as neurological damage, organ failure, and death. Widely used in products such as paint and gasoline until the late 1970s, lead ...

Consumer Reports tested five home lead-test kits. Get their results. Sales of do-it-yourself lead-test kits are up this season. Dozens of toys contaminated with lead have been recalled over the past ...

Parents concerned about buying toys contaminated with lead may be turning to home lead-testing kits. The Consumer Product Safety Commission calls the kits unreliable, but Consumer Reports has reached ...

Clay, NY -- Onondaga County has unveiled a new mobile lead testing vehicle that can bring the quick blood tests into neighborhoods with children most at-risk for lead poisoning. Each year, hundreds of ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — It seemed like a simple task: Make a few calls and figure out whether the tap water in my 136-year-old row house near the nation’s capital is contaminated with lead. More than a ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. Lead testing at Miramonte Elementary in Los Angeles Unified last January found six water outlets over the state and federal limit for ...

Lead is a metal that can cause damage to the brain and nervous system, especially in children. This is why lead was banned from residential house paint in 1978. In turn, that is why your pediatrician ...

PennEnvironment says school districts skip lead testing, don’t test all of their outlets and, in some cases, fail to report test results. File photo: Water fountains at a Philadelphia charter school ...

There's a chance that tests given to millions of kids since 2014 to detect lead poisoning didn't work properly, delivering falsely low results to an unknown number of American families. As many as 7 ...

When left undisturbed, lead paint is mostly a dormant hazard, but during a remodel it can become a serious health issue. Any contractor dealing with it should know how to properly handle lead paint ...