Lead-based paint was banned for serious health reasons in 1978, but most homes built before then remain covered in it.

President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced new standards that place strict limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities. The Environmental Protection ...

Residents of some Louisville Metro Housing Authority properties have been living in buildings with lead paint without knowing it. Now, the public housing authority is pushing residents to sign the ...

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 ...

Childhood lead exposure remains an unresolved issue across the US, particularly from lead paint in older homes. Should we be worried about our health if we live in a house with lead-based paint?

The flurry of Southeast Texas house repairs in Tropical Storm Allison's aftermath has spurred the Environmental Protection Agency to warn of the health threats from lead-based paint used to coat older ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule that reduces the level of lead in dust considered hazardous to "any reportable level," which greatly decreases the amount of lead ...