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 ...

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 ...

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.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said it is investigating worker safety around lead-sheathed telecom cables, opening up a “health hazard evaluation” in ...

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 ...

AT&T Inc T and peer telecom stocks are trading higher Wednesday after the former said less than 10% of its nationwide copper-wire telecom network has lead-clad cables in response to a last week's ...

On July 9, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) posted an investigative article regarding the potential dangers of lead-clad telecommunications cabling. Not surprisingly, this is stirring concerns among both ...

Boston College Professor of Biology Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., founding director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good, joined a roundtable discussion on February 5 that sought ...

A series of articles in The Wall Street Journal concerning lead in cable sheathing dealt yet another blow to investor sentiment around telecom stocks. An analyst downgrade of AT&T T which cited ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday it is seeking meetings this month with AT&T T.N and Verizon VZ.N as it continues to closely review the ...

Someone has been vandalizing telecom cables and internet lines in King County, and the sheriff’s office is partnering with Comcast to find the person or people responsible. Detectives say this ...