Jan. 7—DIXON — The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced a stricter standard for public health interventions based on children's blood lead test results in 2025. Illinois law dictates ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

LANSING, MI — Michigan lawmakers are attempting to lower the threshold for reporting children to an early intervention program based on levels of toxic lead in their blood. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Lead poisoning is silent, but the damage can last a lifetime. One Rochester mother knows that all too well. Her 4-year-old son’s blood lead level once tested nearly six times ...

LANSING, Mich. – New laws in Michigan mandate blood lead testing for children at 12 and 24 months, recorded on immunization records, to address lead poisoning. The testing aims to prevent and address ...

Academic achievement among adolescents may be affected by early childhood lead exposure at much lower levels than previously assumed, according to a new study. Just a small climb in blood ...

The blood lead levels in children in Trail held steady in the latest fall test, supporting a theory that lead exposure in the West Kootenay city with an operating lead smelter is decreasing.

The testing was offered after the Ohio EPA detected elevated lead levels in outdoor air near the Bunting Bearings facility ...

I watched my blood snake through the tube stuck into my arm as I sat under a canopy erected by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health at an Altadena church. Four months prior — almost to ...