A Wall Street Journal investigation has revealed potential health and environmental risks associated with lead-sheathed cables used by AT&T and Verizon in the past, which could lead to significant ...

Telecommunications companies are facing increasing scrutiny as it has come to light that over the years, they have left behind thousands of toxic cables that pose a significant health risk to nearby ...

Degrading lead-covered cables hang above bus stops and schools, and sit underwater, in many parts of the US, The Wall Street Journal found.kampee patisena/Getty The Journal estimates about 2,000 ...

Lawmakers are demanding that telecom firms act to ensure that Americans are safe after a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that phone companies have left behind a network of cables covered in ...

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (“Alliance”) issued a September 18th news release stating that Pacific Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a ATT&T of California (“Pacific Bell”) has agreed to ...

EDF requested that EPA investigate: . . . the uncontrolled release of lead into the water or surface soil from more than 2,000 lead-sheathed telecom and power cables across the nation with more than ...

The Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency are investigating the potential health and environmental risks stemming from a sprawling network of toxic lead-sheathed telecom cables across ...

New York Congressman Pat Ryan joined cleanup crews in Cornwall Saturday to call on telecom companies like Verizon and AT&T to disclose and clean up toxic, lead-sheathed cables across the country. Ryan ...

The U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency are probing possible health and environmental issues from lead-covered telecom cables. The DOJ's civil inquiry, from the U.S.

Deep under the sea, a wide network of cables crisscrosses the ocean floor, keeping the internet and other telecommunications online. While these cables have a big job to do, researchers want to make ...