Around 35% of U.S. homes contain lead paint, so in which cities is the risk of lead paint exposure — and the need for a lead paint inspection — greatest? We compared the 500 biggest U.S. cities based ...

Projects that involve damage or disturbance of painted or coated surfaces, as well as development or improvements of existing structures, may involve some level of lead impact regardless of the type, ...

Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week a settlement agreement has been reached with a Vermont-based construction company resolving alleged lead safety ...

A housing inspector carries out a quality assurance inspection of a home in the Fort Moore, Georgia, Patton Village housing area on Nov. 21, 2019, with the aim of having it ready for occupancy by a ...

In a recent opinion handed down by the Pennsylvania Superior Court in Cooper v. SGYS St. Ives, a group of tenants in Philadelphia challenged whether their landlord made sufficient lead-based paint ...

Funding is available to cover the cost of lead-based paint inspections and remediation for eligible residents in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Charles and East Baton Rouge parishes. Common in older homes, ...

Grand Rapids leaders want to take a harder stance on lead levels, introducing a new proposal for lead-based paint inspections. At the city commission meeting on Tuesday, commissioners discussed ...

More than 1,400 lead paint inspections, including hundreds in Baltimore, have been invalidated after Maryland officials charged an inspector with submitting false certifications. Three children have ...

BALTIMORE -- Maryland's Department of the Environment (MDE) is suing a Baltimore-based company for allegedly using radioactive materials without a license and altering test samples during lead paint ...