Researchers investigated historic and current lead exposure by studying an unexpected part of the body: hair. In a study published yesterday in the journal PNAS, researchers analyzed hair clippings ...

A new study reveals the dramatic decrease in lead exposure in the U.S. following the establishment of the Environmental ...

While gas consumption continued to rise in the ensuing decades, lead samples in hair dropped sharply. Samples from the 1970s ...

Hair “is really a vault of information,” says Ken Smith, a demographer at the University of Utah. The study is small and limited to the greater Salt Lake City region of Utah. Researchers gathered 47 ...

While lead exposure in children has been associated with cognitive and behavioral problems, few studies have examined later ...

A rescued bald eagle had ingested so much lead in the wild that it died from poisoning, a Michigan wildlife organization said ...

The lead test results were so high that the machine couldn’t read them,' the rehab center wrote on social media.

A bald eagle named Armstrong died from acute lead poisoning at a Michigan wildlife rehab center, despite treatment efforts to ...

In response to recent commentary from a member of the community regarding my absence from a meeting on lead poisoning in Utica, it is important to correct the record.

Prior to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, Americans lived in communities awash with lead ...

One of the most important jobs of a parent is keeping children safe. We can prepare for a few no-brainers, like placing baby gates in front of stairways, preparing food to prevent choking, and ...

There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice of plumbing material?