A new report has found more lead in paint in D.C. General, D.C.'s largest homeless shelter, days after two children living at the shelter tested positive for elevated lead levels. Lead is toxic and ...

October is recognized as Lead Poisoning Prevention month, in an effort to raise awareness about the dangers of lead, ...

Whether you buy cookware used or new, there could be the potential for lead contamination. The FDA has issued a warning about certain cookware items with lead.

Per the FDA, "short-term exposures to very low levels of lead may not elicit any symptoms." The federal agency added that ...

The Los Angeles urban wildfires have devastated families and communities with agonizing loss. Residents’ most prized possessions and decades-old homes have become reduced to smoke and ashes. Lives ...

Home cooks should take a close look at their pots, pans and kitchen utensils due to a risk of "significant levels of lead" leaching into food, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The ...

Lead exposure in childhood may be even more dangerous for cognitive development and school performance than previously ...

For years, Leah Bartlo has been at the forefront of addressing the long-term consequences of lead exposure in children. After stepping away from her professional career in 2014 to focus on raising her ...

Heavy metals are dangerous at high levels, but treatments that remove can also be risky and only benefit certain patients.