Lead exposure is particularly concerning among children under 6 years old, since their growing bodies absorb the metal faster ...

The health department tested four schools for lead. They've confirmed two have hazards, while a third has results pending.

From Halloween parties to bar crawls, adults have an entirely different set of safety concerns. With help from Naples Police ...

Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.? Here’s the hearings schedule and list of ...

The new pace is increasing the county’s ability to tackle lead paint, especially compared with work during the coronavirus pandemic.

While overdose rates have dropped amongst the middle-class, especially casual recreational users, the drug supply has become ...

Two University of Southern California professors have found that Southern California may have dodged the worst of a hidden danger of the recent fires: lead exposure. Lead’s former prevalence in ...

Heavy weed use may be far more dangerous than people realize, according to a pair of studies published in JAMA Network Open.

Weeks after the Eaton Fire burned through Altadena, USC researchers were curious if there were high levels of lead in the soil. Here’s what they found.

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...