You might be surprised by how often you’re exposed to lead. In the U.S., lead’s been recognized as a toxic substance and regulated as such for over a century. Just this month, Cincinnati health ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week highlights how parents, caregivers, and communities can lower children’s exposure to lead and avoid its serious ...

Lead exposure is a risk to any human, but children are most vulnerable to the element's neurotoxicity, which can lead to developmental delays, learning difficulties and mood changes among other ...

Two house painters in hazmat suits remove lead paint from the side of a house. Cleveland Department of Public Health reports show nearly all cases of childhood lead poisoning in the city come from ...

Most people think of young children eating chipped paint off old windowsills when they think of lead poisoning, but many adults can be exposed to the harmful heavy metal in their workplace.

For the first time in history, the US Food and Drug Administration has established guidance for levels of lead in processed baby foods that are sold on supermarket shelves and online. The agency’s ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its list of ground cinnamon products that were found to contain elevated levels of lead. There are now 16 brands mentioned with the recent additions ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The research reveals that our human ancestors were periodically exposed to lead ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A brand of cinnamon powder that was recalled earlier this month has been given a Class II risk rating by the U.S. Food ...