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Milwaukee Public Schools lost control of widespread lead paint hazards. Here's how it happened.
Beyond that, the damning photos raised concerns about how Milwaukee Public Schools could have lost control of a known health hazard present in the vast majority of its buildings. In a ...
Timeline: Here's what we know about lead paint management in Milwaukee Public Schools
For months, the city of Milwaukee Health Department and Milwaukee Public Schools have been updating the public on lead paint ...
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Lead-based paint is a 'niche' yet prevalent environmental health concern — including in McLean County
Using lead-based paint has been outlawed for decades, but many homes in the state — and in McLean County — were built prior ...
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Decades after it was banned in homes, lead-based paint remains hazardous to Utahns
It's been nearly 50 years since lead-based paint was banned in home construction, but its impact lives on, with health experts claiming it remains especially dangerous for kids.
‘Ingestion hazard for students’: What we found in a year of requests for MPS to fix paint in schools
Amid a lead crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools, hundreds of requests for paint jobs are waiting for attention.
What's being said and done about lead-based paint in Fort Bragg historic homes
After a 2018 Reuters investigation found high lead levels at homes on military installations across the U.S., Fort Bragg officials reported that two children living on post between January 2016 and ...