Click here for videos. Bald eagle photo by Ken Lockwood, Eagle Valley Raptor Center. Lead-poisoned bald eagle photo courtesy The Raptor Center, University of Minnesota. Bald eagle with sternal ...

Since the 1970s, U.S. efforts to eradicate childhood lead poisoning have made remarkable progress. But the advances have been uneven. Legacy lead – in paint, plumbing, yards, well-water or even ...

What constitutes an elevated blood lead level in children? A draft report issued by an advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2012 recommended that the CDC ...

Childhood lead poisoning is linked to developmental problems in children. Vegetable puffs are a popular kids’ snack, but a disturbing new report from Consumer Reports found that there are ...

Flint, Michigan, made headlines in 2015 when tests revealed dangerously high lead levels in its drinking water. The city had switched its water supply to the Flint River a year earlier ...

A shocking number of U.S. households have soil that goes beyond the lead screening levels set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a new study has found. The EPA recently reassessed ...

Heartbroken and worried, she took him to a pediatrician, who suggested a lead test. The results were alarming. His blood lead level was 20 micrograms per deciliter, which is four times the federal ...

Specifically, lead ammunition. According to a 2022 study published in Journal of Wildlife Management, bald eagle population gains across the nation are stunted as much as 4 percent every year due ...

PITTSBURGH — Reports of bald eagles dying from lead ammunition poisoning continue as populations of the formerly endangered bird soar. Bald eagle exposure to the pesticide DDT caused potential ...

In a first-of-its-kind report, the Environmental Protection Agency has released a comprehensive assessment on lead pipe infrastructure across the United States, revealing that an estimated total ...

Lead-free solder alloys have been around for as long as people have done soldering, with sources dating back about 5,000 years. Most of these alloys were combinations like copper-silver or silver ...

A study conducted by Consumer Reports discovered that two popular brands of kids' snacks contain elevated levels of lead, though federal standards have not been set on heavy metal levels in many ...