When you're in your house, you expect to be safe. If your home was built before 1980, though, it's possible that you have dangerous materials in place that were used as part of home construction ...

The former superintendent of a Pennsylvania school district and two other officials were charged Wednesday with felony child endangerment over allegations they covered up lead and asbestos ...

It’s been a year of heartbreak and chronic worry since the most destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area’s history ...

Portland City Council closed a major loophole in regulations protecting children from exposure to lead in paint. In a unanimous decision Thursday, the council voted to require crews to limit the ...

State education leaders approved temporary rules Thursday telling schools and child care facilities how they must test for lead and asbestos in their buildings. The testing is required under language ...

LOWELL — The FBI and state Inspector General Office’s joint investigation of the Lowell Housing Authority’s recent North Common Village renovations has determined no asbestos or lead paint was present ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Over the next two weeks, lead, asbestos and silica sample testing will be conducted at North Park Montessori School, closed in February for potential asbestos exposure during a ...

Some North Carolina schools and daycares will soon be tested for lead and asbestos. State leaders told the State Board of Education on Wednesday the plan so far is to start with elementary schools and ...

For years, bills have been introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly calling for the removal of lead from drinking water at public schools and licensed child care centers. Each time, the bills ...

Students at three Pennsylvania schools were told to stay home Thursday amid concerns over lead and asbestos contamination, as Pennsylvania State Police investigate what former district officials did ...

ST. LOUIS — Standing amongst the rubble on his St. Louis City block, Amir Brandy looks over the damage. "If you look around the community, in this storm we have several houses throughout the community ...